SwissArtGallery · Documented identity
Odilon Redon’s work is distinguished by a shift from drawings and prints devoted to imaginary, generally macabre subjects to oil painting and pastel, which he took up after 1880 with the encouragement of Gauguin and the Nabis. Born in Bordeaux, he trained briefly with Jean-Léon Gérôme.
Among the works listed by the Art Institute of Chicago are Guardian Spirit of the Waters, dated 1878, followed by prints related to To Edgar Poe (1882) and the series Les Origines (1883). In the latter, The Misshapen Polyp Floated on the Shores, a Sort of Smiling and Hideous Cyclops is the third plate in a series of eight; A Mask Sounds the Funeral Knell is the third plate of To Edgar Poe.
The Art Institute’s records also include works from the end of the century and the beginning of the next: Portrait of Ari Redon, circa 1898, Flower Clouds, circa 1903, Andromeda, circa 1905, and Still Life with Flowers, dated 1905. These titles show the range of subjects recorded in this corpus, from portraiture to still life, as well as floral and mythological motifs.
This profile brings together identity references for Odilon Redon and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
21 references are documented at Dobiaschofsky, Koller, Kornfeld, Piguet, Germann, Lempertz. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Indian ink lightly reworked with charcoal on strong wove paper
Saint Antoine - Antoine fait le signe de la croix et se remet en prière
Indian ink lightly reworked with charcoal on strong wove paper
Catalogue period : 2025-09-11
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 20000
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Tête de Saint-Antoine
Indian ink lightly reworked with charcoal on fine laid paper
Catalogue period : 2025-09-11
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 15000
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Vase de fleurs
pastel
Catalogue period : 2024-09-13
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 200000
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Angélique et le dragon
oil on canvas
Catalogue period : 2024-09-13
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 400000
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La fuite
oil on canvas
Catalogue period : 2024-09-13
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 240000
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L'Apparition
oil on canvas
Catalogue period : 2023-06-16
Published result : 140000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 175000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Pencil
Camille lisant La femme de l'artiste lisant (The artist's wife reading)
Pencil
Catalogue period : 2023-06-15
Published result : 5000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 7500
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Indian ink
Vieille femme au rosaire.
Tusche
Catalogue period : 2023-05-12
Published result : 3900 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 4500
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Oil on cardboard
Figure en rouge assise sur un rocher
Öl auf Karton
Auction date : 2022-06-01
Published result : 75600 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 60000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Oil on canvas
Anémones
oil on canvas
Catalogue period : 2020-09-18
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 400000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Watercolour, coloured pencils and pencil
Feuille d'études
Aquarell, Farbstifte und Bleistift
Catalogue period : 2018-06-15
Published result : 34000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 35000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Pen drawing in black ink
Plusieurs personnages dans un paysage rocheux
Federzeichnung in schwarzer Tusche
Catalogue period : 2018-06-14
Published result : 29000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 20000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Pencil drawing
Petit arbre germant
Bleistiftzeichnung
Catalogue period : 2018-06-14
Published result : 24000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 10000
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Feuille d'études
watercolour
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Feuille d’études - Bouquet - Studienblatt mit gelber Rose, Köpfen, Figuren und zwei Pferden
watercolour
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
View the lot at the auction house ↗Brush in Indian ink on laid paper
La lumière
brush in Indian ink on laid paper
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 10000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Pencil drawing on beige wove paper on backing sheet
Le coeur a ses raisons
Pencil drawing on beige wove paper on backing sheet
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Oil on cardboard
Petit village",
huile sur carton
Catalogue period : 2021-03-17
Published result : 8200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 8000–12000
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Indian ink and pencil on paper
Étude de nu, ca. 1890
Tusche und Bleistift auf Papier.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Charcoal
attr. à, Paysage avec cavaliers au clair de lune
fusain
Catalogue period : 2014-03-12
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 1500–2500
View the lot at the auction house ↗These references are shown separately because of their attribution or lot composition. Each record states the reason.
Black crayon and ink on paper
Cheval emballé d'après Géricault.
Black crayon and ink on paper
Date to be documented
These references are shown separately because of their attribution or lot composition. Each record states the reason.
Published result : 25000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 12000–18000
View the lot at the auction house ↗SwissArtGallery documentary note based on the cited sources. Titles, media and qualifications are provided in the profile language; the original catalogue wording remains available in each record.
Documentation updated : 2026-10-19
