Anthony: "What is the object of all this?" The Devil: "There is no object!"

A dark lithograph showing a pale, downturned face of a figure lying or leaning forward, with a shadowy hunched form emerging from the darkness behind at upper left. Soft, grainy tonal shading contrasts with the luminous face, creating a dreamlike, unsettling mood on a wide cream paper margin.

Artist

Odilon Redon

Date

1896

Medium

Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Size

1686 × 2365 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Stickney Collection