The Eye, Like a Strange Balloon, Mounts Towards Infinity

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The Eye like a Strange Balloon Mounts toward Infinity
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Artist Odilon Redon
Year1882
Medium Lithograph on Chine-collé
Dimensions25.9 cm× 19.6 cm(10.2 in× 7.7 in)
Location Los Angeles County Museum of Art

The Eye, Like a Strange Balloon, Mounts Towards Infinity is the name generally given in English to an 1882 lithograph by French artist Odilon Redon. [1] It depicts a hot air balloon in the shape of an eye. [2] The image was used in the first translation by Charles Baudelaire of Edgar Allan Poe's poetry. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Odilon Redon The Eye like a Strange Balloon Mounts toward Infinity (L'Œil, comme un ballon bizarre se dirige vers l'infini) 1882". Museum of Modern Art . Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  2. ↑ Cath Pound (13 May 2020). "What do our dreams mean?". BBC Online . Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Visite de l'expo Odilon Redon au Grand Palais". Elle (in French). 20 June 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
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