Art, literature & historyThe Sphinx
1883
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Various charcoals, with touches of black chalk, stumping, wiping, and erasing, on pale-pink wove paper with red and blue fibers altered to a golden tone
- Dimensions
- 52.6 × 37.7 cm (20 3/4 × 14 7/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1950.1415
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
The Sphinx — Odilon Redon. 1883.
Medium: Various charcoals, with touches of black chalk, stumping, wiping, and erasing, on pale-pink wove paper with red and blue fibers altered to a golden tone. Dimensions: 52.6 × 37.7 cm (20 3/4 × 14 7/8 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.