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A woman donning a 16th-century plumed hat, or toque, emerges between the petals of a mermaid tail-turned-flower. Odilon Redon uses lithography's capacity for deep blacks and detailed lines to accentuate the textural transformation from diamond scales to fluted petals. The lines are delicate; the composition sinuous, but the hybrid woman-plant and sea creature is a fantastic puzzle. Femme a la Toque is an illustration for Stéphane Mallarmé's enigmatic, almost incoherent poem, A Throw of the Dice Will Never Abolish Chance. As a great admirer of Darwin's theory of evolution, Redon was inspired by the infinite variations in nature and often hypothesized complex creatures. His imagination made him the quintessential French Symbolist of the the 19th century.
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Britanny Luberda, DMA label copy, 2010.
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Created 1900
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Cannot find a secure full text version of the Mallarmé poem for a web resource.
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- Poets.org~Read an excerpt of Stéphane Mallarmé's A Throw of the Dice Will Never Abolish Chance.
- Musée d'Orsay, Paris~Learn more about Odilon Redon and his work from the Musee d'Orsay.
- Vimeo~Watch this video of Dr. Ted Gott presenting a paper comparing Odilon Redon to English poet and artist William Blake.
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General Description
A woman donning a 16th-century plumed hat, or toque, emerges between the petals of a mermaid tail-turned-flower. Odilon Redon uses lithography's capacity for deep blacks and detailed lines to accentuate the textural transformation from diamond scales to fluted petals. The lines are delicate; the composition sinuous, but the hybrid woman-plant and sea creature is a fantastic puzzle. Femme a la Toque is an illustration for Stéphane Mallarmé's enigmatic, almost incoherent poem, A Throw of the Dice Will Never Abolish Chance. As a great admirer of Darwin's theory of evolution, Redon was inspired by the infinite variations in nature and often hypothesized complex creatures. His imagination made him the quintessential French Symbolist of the the 19th century.
Excerpt from
Britanny Luberda, DMA label copy, 2010.
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Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Poets.org~Read an excerpt of Stéphane Mallarmé's A Throw of the Dice Will Never Abolish Chance.
- Musée d'Orsay, Paris~Learn more about Odilon Redon and his work from the Musee d'Orsay.
- Vimeo~Watch this video of Dr. Ted Gott presenting a paper comparing Odilon Redon to English poet and artist William Blake.
Notes
Created 1900
Checked Piction
WOP-Euro- Fantasies Symbolist Text postGail
Cannot find a secure full text version of the Mallarmé poem for a web resource.
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Place of origin: Paris (France): TGN: 7008038
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