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Black lithograph of a sleeping head tilted to the right, eyes closed, with dense diagonal hatching on the left against pale paper.

Sleep, lithograph by Odilon Redon, 1898

A lithograph in soft black lines on pale paper shows a head with closed eyes, tilted and resting against a rounded shoulder. Dense diagonal hatching sweeps down the left side, suggesting a dark wing or shadowed drapery behind the sleeper.

Artist
Odilon Redon
Date
1898
Medium
Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2293 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1898).
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