
About the work
The Book of Light is a charcoal on tan paper by Odilon Redon, dated 1893. Odilon Redon (1840–1916) was a French Symbolist. He began with dark charcoal drawings and lithographs of dreamlike creatures, his 'noirs', and later turned to glowing pastels and paintings of flowers. The original is in the collection of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
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