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Princess Maleine (The Little Madonna)
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About this work
Although Odilon Redon was best known for his lithographs, he created nearly 30 prints using etching throughout his career. Here, he depicted Princess Maleine, the protagonist of a tragic drama by avant-garde playwright Maurice Maeterlinck, himself a collector of Redon’s prints. The young woman is represented in feathery black lines and tonal areas created using drypoint, a technique that wears down as impressions are printed.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linePrincess Maleine (The Little Madonna), 1892. Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916). Etching and drypoint on wove paper; plate: 8.6 x 6.3 cm (3 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.); image: 12 x 6.7 cm (4 3/4 x 2 5/8 in.); sheet: 23.1 x 19.8 cm (9 1/8 x 7 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 2021.172
