Artwork
La Mort: Mon ironie depasse toutes les autres! (Death: My iron surpasses all others!)
La Mort: Mon ironie depasse toutes les autres! (Death: My iron surpasses all others!) is an ink print by the Impressionist artist Odilon Redon. It dates from 1889 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art. La Mort: Mon ironie depasse toutes les autres!
About this work
Overview
La Mort: Mon ironie depasse toutes les autres! (Death: My iron surpasses all others!) is a 1889 lithograph by Odilon Redon.
Subject & Meaning
The print depicts a woman with outstretched arms, grasping her long, wind-blown hair. Her blurred face and dark, muted tones evoke a sense of mystery and ambiguity.
Technique & Style
The lithograph features expressive brushstrokes and a swirling background that combines dark and light shades, creating a textured and dynamic effect.
Context
The work's themes and style are characteristic of Redon's oeuvre, which often explored the realm of the symbolic and the unknown.
Artist & collection
Artist
Born Bertrand-Jean Redon on 20 April 1840 in Bordeaux, the artist adopted the name Odilon from his mother, Marie-Odile.
Passage d'une Ame (Passage of a Spirit)
Nude Girl Combing Her Hair
It Is a Skull Wreathed with Roses. It Dominates a Woman's Torso of Pearly Whiteness
La Femme (frontispiece)
After the Bath (La sortie du bain (Grand planche))
Et le diable qui les seduisait, fut jete dans l'etang de feu et de soufre, ou es la b ete et le faux prophete (And the devil thatdeceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are)
The Old Garibaldian
Hommage à Tolstoï
La Vieille: Que Crains-tu? Un large trou Noir! Il est vide peut-etre? (What are you afraid of? A wide black hole! It is empty, perhaps!)