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The Siren, clothed in barbs, emerged from the waves; Plate No. 4 from the set "The Origins"


La Sirene sortit des flots, vetue de dards; from the set "Les Origines" Pl. IV
Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916)
1883

Medium/Technique Lithograph, Chine-collé
Dimensions Sheet: 39 x 31.2 cm (15 3/8 x 12 5/16 in.)
Image: 29.9 x 23.4 cm (11 3/4 x 9 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Lee M. Friedman Fund
Accession Number67.277
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mellerio 048
Signed signed
Marks Lower left, stamped in black ink -- mark of André Mellerio (Lugt 153a)
InscriptionsSigned in image, lower right: ODILON REDON
Lower left: Odilon Redon del et lith
Lower right.: Imp. Lemercier & Cie Paris
Lower center in graphite pencil: Sirène
ProvenanceAndré Mellerio (b. 1862 - d. 1943, Lugt 153a), Paris; William H. Schab, New York; 1967, sold by William H. Schab to the MFA for $5,200 [see note]. (Accession Date: February 8, 1967)

NOTE: MFA accession nos. 67.273-67.281 were purchased for this amount.