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Dark lithograph of a glowing pale orb with an eye in the night sky, and a curly-haired face peering over a dark horizon above the sea.

On the Horizon the Angel of Certitude, and in the Somber Heaven a Questioning Eye, plate four from To Edgar Poe

A dark lithograph shows a luminous pale orb in the upper sky containing a single eye, while a figure with curly hair peers over a diagonal dark horizon at right above a black, rippling sea. Fine black ink texture and heavy shadow fill the night sky with soft, misty gradations.

Artist
Odilon Redon
Date
1882
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory China paper, laid down on white wove paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2208 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1882).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Stickney Collection

Español: En el horizonte, el ángel de la certeza, y en el cielo sombrío un ojo interrogante

Una litografía oscura muestra un orbe pálido y luminoso en el cielo superior que contiene un solo ojo, mientras una figura de cabello rizado asoma sobre un horizonte oscuro y diagonal a la derecha, sobre un mar negro y ondulante. La textura fina de tinta negra y las sombras intensas llenan el cielo nocturno con degradados suaves y brumosos.

Português: No horizonte, o anjo da certeza, e no céu sombrio um olho questionador

Uma litogravura escura mostra um orbe pálido e luminoso no alto do céu, contendo um único olho, enquanto uma figura de cabelos cacheados espia por cima de um horizonte escuro e diagonal à direita, acima de um mar negro e ondulado. A textura fina de tinta preta e as sombras fortes preenchem o céu noturno com gradações suaves e enevoadas.

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