Odilon Redon (1840-1916) LAile (The Wing) Lithograph, 1893, on chine applique, first state (of two) before letters upper left, unsigned as usual, from the edition of 50, printed by Becquet, Paris, published by the artist Subject: 32.1 x 24 cm Provenance: Frederick Mulder, London, 6 November 1981 Literature: Mellerio 122 Redon was fascinated in his work with creating light out of the darkness. He wrote that Black is the most important colour. The symbol of a horse with wings, represents material bodies lifted to the heights by imagination. The tragedies of Bellerophon and Phaeton result when material bodies are carried away by the intoxication of the infinite (The etchings and lithographs of Odilon Redon, At Institute of Chicago, 1929)