On the Horizon the Angel of Certitude, and in the Somber Heaven a Questioning Eye
A dark lithograph shows a luminous pale orb in the upper sky containing a single eye, while a figure with curly hair peers over a diagonal dark horizon at right above a black, rippling sea. Fine black ink texture and heavy shadow fill the night sky with soft, misty gradations.
- Artist
- Odilon Redon
- Date
- 1882
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on ivory China paper, laid down on white wove paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 2208 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1882).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Stickney Collection
