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...AND HIS NAME THAT SAT ON HIM WAS DEATH
HERE IS THE GOOD GODDESS, THE IDAEN MOTHER OF THE MOUNTAINS (VOICI LA BONNE DÉESSE, L'IDÉENNE DES MONTAGNES)
AND THE ANGEL TOOK THE CENSER
... AND BOUND HIM FOR A THOUSAND YEARS
ILLUSTRATION FOR "A THROW OF THE DICE WILL NEVER ABOLISH CHANCE (UN COUP DE DÉS JAMAIS N'ABOLIRA LE HASARD)" BY STÉPHANE MALLARMÉ
AND A LARGE BIRD, DESCENDING FROM THE SKY, HURLED ITSELF AGAINST THE TOPMOST POINT OF HER HAIR (ET UN GRAND OISEAU QUI DESCEND DU CIEL, VIENT S'ABATTRE SUR LE SOMMET DE SA CHEVELURE)
DAY APPEARS AT LAST...AND IN THE VERY DISK OF THE SUN SHINES THE FACE OF JÉSUS CHRIST (LE JOUR ENFIN PARAÎT...ET DANS LE DISQUE MÊME DU SOLEIL, RAYONNE LA FACE DU JESUS-CHRIST)
PORTRAIT OF RICARDO VIÑES, PIANIST
IN THE SHADOWS ARE PEOPLE, WEEPING AND PRAYING, SURROUNDED BY OTHERS WHO ARE EXHORTING THEM (DANS L'OMBRE DES GENS PLEURENT ET PRIENT ENTOURÉS D'AUTRES QUI LES EXHORTENT)
THE RACE HORSE

Odilon Redon

…And His Name That Sat on Him Was Death

1899

Odilon Redon

French, 1840-1916

Art by Odilon Redon

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Biography

French, 1840-1916
Nationality: French