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Black and white lithograph: a small winged figure playing a lyre in a misty sky, facing a large profile of a calm woman at right.

The Celestial Art

A winged figure with a lyre-like instrument drifts through a misty dark sky at upper left, while a large profile of a serene woman with eyes lowered fills the right foreground. Soft, smudged tonal shading and an empty ground suggest a dreamlike, symbolic scene in black ink on pale paper.

Artist
Odilon Redon
Date
1894
Medium
Lithograph in black on off-white China paper laid down on ivory wove paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2202 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1894).
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: El arte celestial

Una figura alada con un instrumento parecido a una lira flota en un cielo oscuro y brumoso, en la parte superior izquierda, mientras un gran perfil de una mujer serena, con los ojos bajos, ocupa el primer plano derecho. El sombreado suave y difuminado sugiere una escena onírica y simbólica en tinta negra sobre papel claro.

Português: A Arte Celestial

Uma figura alada com um instrumento semelhante a uma lira desliza por um céu escuro e enevoado, no canto superior esquerdo, enquanto um grande perfil de uma mulher serena, com os olhos baixos, ocupa o primeiro plano à direita. O sombreado suave e esfumado sugere uma cena onírica e simbólica em tinta preta sobre papel claro.

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