The Chimera Gazed at All Things with Fear

Black and white artwork of a creature with a goat-like head and body, a lion's body, and a serpent's tail. The creature has large round eyes and curved horns. The background has shading with a lighter area on the right. The image is a lithograph with a grey border containing French text at the bottom and small text on the left side. The artwork depicts "The Chimera Gazed at All Things with Fear" by Odilon Redon.

Artwork details

Dimensions:: 643 × 900 px
Museum record:: View original

Palette

Le Sphynx...mon regard que rien ne peut devier, demeure tendu a travers les choses sur un horizon inaccessible. La Chimere: Moi,Je suis legere et joyeuse (The Sphinx: "My gaze, which nothing can deflect, passes through the things and remains fixed on an inaccessible horizon." The Chimera: "I am weightless and joyful")

Then There Appears a Singular Being, Having the Head of a Man On the Body of a Fish, plate 5 of 10

And the Devil That Deceived Them was Cast into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone, Where the Beast and the False Prophet Are

The Marsh Flower, a Sad Human Head

When Life Was Awakening in the Depths of Obscure Matter

First a Pool of Water, Then a Prostitute, the Corner of a Temple, a Soldier's Face, a Chariot with Two White, Rearing Horses

La Mort: Mon ironie depasse toutes les autres! (Death: My iron surpasses all others!)

Then There Appears a Singular Being, Having the Head of a Man on the Body of a Fish

The Chimera with Green Eyes Turns, Bays

The Vintages!: Seven Owls and a Serpent

Les Sciapodes: La tete le plus bas possible, c'est le secret du bonheur! (The Skiapods: "The head as low as possible, that is the secret of happiness!")

Saint-Antoine: Il doit y avoir quelque part des figures primordiales dont les corps ne sont que les images (Saint Anthony: "Somewhere there must be primordial shapes whose bodiesare only images")