Odilon Redon
Saint Georges et le dragon
Lot #676 |
2025-11-21 |
Sotheby's, New York
Modern Day Auction
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
USD 120,000 - 180,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N11730
Auction name: Modern Day Auction
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2025-11-21
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Modern Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 18 by 15 in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
45.7
Width In Centimeters:
38.1
Height In Inches:
18
Width In Inches:
15
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Provenance
<p>A. M. Haudebert, Paris (acquired by 1920) </p><p>Dr. Desjardins, Paris (acquired by 1920 and until at least 1926) </p><p>Jacques Dubourg, Paris </p><p>Silberman Galleries, New York </p><p>Private Collection, United States</p><p>Thence by descent to the present owner </p>
Literature
<p>Robert Rey, “Odilon Redon,” <em>Art et décoration</em>, vol. XXXVIII, July-December 1910, p. 40, illustrated (titled <em>Pégase et l’Hydre</em>)</p><p>Georges Jean Aubry, “Odilon Redon,” <em>La Renaissance de l’art français</em>, January 1920, p. 334, illustrated </p><p>Charles Fegdal, “Les Débuts d’Odilon Redon,” <em>Dernières nouvelles des arts</em>, Paris, 1929, pl. LVIII, illustrated</p><p>Exh. Cat., Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, <em>Odilon Redon</em>, 1956-57, no. 163, p. 81</p><p>Klaus Berger, <em>Odilon Redon: Phantasie und Farbe</em>, Cologne, 1964, no. 371, p. 209 (titled <em>Rider with Spear. St George and the Dragon</em>)</p><p>Alec Wildenstein, <em>Odilon Redon, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint et dessiné, Mythes et légendes</em>, vol. II, Paris, 1994, no. 1271, p. 278, illustrated; p. 279</p>
Catalog summary
Property of a Private East Coast Collector Odilon Redon 1840 - 1916 Saint Georges et le dragon signed Odilon Redon (lower left) oil on canvas 18 by 15 in. 45.7 by 38.1 cm.