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Lithograph of a woman's head in profile inside a dark scribbled circle, with hair falling across her face against a pale background.

Blossoming, plate one from In Dreams

A pale woman's head in profile, framed by a dark circular halo of hatched black lines, her long hair falling in strands across her face. Loose scribbled strokes radiate outward over a light ground, with a faint horizon and small dots below. The lithograph has a soft, dreamlike, mysterious quality.

Artist
Odilon Redon
Date
1879
Medium
Lithograph on mounted ivory China paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2203 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1879).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Stickney Collection

Español: Floración, primera lámina de En sueños

La cabeza de una mujer de perfil, pálida, enmarcada por un halo circular oscuro de líneas negras entrecruzadas, con mechones largos de cabello que caen sobre el rostro. Trazos sueltos y garabateados se extienden hacia afuera sobre un fondo claro, con un horizonte tenue y pequeños puntos abajo.

Português: Florescimento, primeira prancha de Em Sonhos

A cabeça pálida de uma mulher de perfil, emoldurada por um halo circular escuro de linhas negras hachuradas, com longas mechas de cabelo caindo sobre o rosto. Traços soltos e rabiscados irradiam para fora sobre um fundo claro, com um horizonte tênue e pequenos pontos abaixo.