Puis l'ange prit l'encensoir (And the angel took the censer)

Redon employed lithography, a planographic process that allows for soft, blurred edges and a range of tonal values. His use of gestural, unfilled lines creates a sense of depth and ethereality, while the absence of color focuses attention on form and mood.

The work belongs to a series of religiously inspired prints Redon produced at the turn of the twentieth century, a period when he explored printmaking alongside his more familiar pastels and oils. Details of its ownership history remain limited, but it is documented as part of Redon’s late print output.

At the close of the 1800s, Redon turned toward symbolic and spiritual subjects, often drawing on biblical or mythological narratives. This lithograph reflects the broader Symbolist movement’s preoccupation with inner experience and the transcendental, contrasting with the realism dominant in earlier French art.