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Ophelia among the Flowers
Odilon Redon, 1905–1908
© National Gallery, London
This dream-like work in pastel was at first an upright study of flowers on a table, but was later turned on its side and the table top transformed into a suggestion of rocky landscape and the head of Ophelia added. Redon said of his work, 'My drawings inspire, and are not to be defined. They place us, as does music, in the ambiguous realm of the undetermined'. This was the first significant work by Redon to enter a public collection in the UK in 1977.
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Title of artwork, date
Ophelia among the Flowers, 1905–1908
Date supported
1977
Medium and material
Pastel
Dimensions
64 x 91 cm
Grant
5000
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