Details
ODILON REDON (1840-1916)
Léda et le cygne
signed with intials 'Od.R.' (lower left)
watercolor, gouache, charcoal and pencil on paper
6 1/2 x 9 3/8 in. (16.6 x 23.9 cm.)
Provenance
Philip Granville, London.
The Lefevre Gallery (Alex. Reid & Lefevre, Ltd.), London (acquired from the above, August 1953).
Alan Roger, London (acquired from the above, May 1954).
The Lefevre Gallery (Alex. Reid & Lefevre, Ltd.), London (acquired from the above, January 1971).
Sir Antony Hornby, London (acquired from the above, February 1971).
Private collection, Hertfordshire (by descent from the above, after 1987); sale, Christie's, London, 27 June 1995, lot 253.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty at the above sale.
Literature
A. Wildenstein, Odilon Redon: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint et dessiné, Mythes et légendes, Paris, 1994, vol. II, p. 28, no. 777 (illustrated).

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