Provenance
Galerie Druet, Paris (1908 to at least 1912)
Richard Bühler, Winterthur (until 1935)
Bergengren Collection, Lund (1958)
Galerie Europe, Paris
Galerie Der Spiegel, Cologne (around 1962)
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia, 1968 (since then in family possession)
Grisebach, Berlin, 4 June 2015, lot 4
Private Collection, Brussels
Exhibitions
Peintures, pastels, dessins, lithographies par Odilon Redon Paris, Galerie Druet, 1908, cat. no. 16
Vystavka sto let francuzskoj zivopisi (1812-1912) / Exposition centennale de l'Art
St. Petersburg, Institut Fran.ais, 1912, p. 113, cat. no.517
Exhibition Odilon Redon, 1840-1916. Winterthur, Museum, 1919, cat. no. 193
Fem sekler fransk konst. Miniatyrer, m.lningar, teckningar 1400-1900. Stockholm,
National Museum, 1958, Cat. no. 160
Jubilee exhibition 1912/1962. Neuss, Clemens Sels-Museum in Obertor, 1962/63, cat. no. 20, full-page illus. p. 14 (“Das Ungeheuer”, on loan from a private collection)
22nd Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen 1968: Realms of the Fantastic. Recklinghausen,
St.dtische Kunsthalle, 1968, cat. no. 148, m. Illus.
Odilon Redon. Winterthur, Kunstmuseum, and Bremen, Kunsthalle, 1983/84, full-page
illus. p. 198 ("Die Rettung der Andromeda") / Odilon Redon. Prince of Dreams, 1840-
1916. Chicago, Art Institute; Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, and London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1994/95, cat. no. 102, ill. p. 342
Literature
Charles Fegdal. Paris, Rieder, 1929, Ma.tres de l'Art moderne, ill.
Collection Richard Bühler, Winterthur. Lucerne, Galerie Fischer, in the Hotel National,
2.9.1935, cat. no. 8, ill. tf. 5
Klaus Berger: Odilon Redon. Fantasy and Color. Cologne, published by M. Du Mont
Schauberg, 1964, Cat. no. 130
Igor Gazdik: Odilon Redon. Bratislava, Pallas, 1971, ill. tf. 34 (Detail)
Matthias Frehner: Richard Bühler: “Un homme du XVle si.cle”. In: Swiss Institute for Art Research (ed.): The art of collecting. Swiss art collections since 1848. Zurich, Swiss Institute for Art Research, 1998 S. 225-242, hier S. 228, Abb.