Everywhere Eyeballs are Aflame
1888
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1888
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
You see a swarm of floating eyeballs, each one ringed with little flames, drifting over a dark, empty landscape. Redon made these prints after reading a strange novel about a saint’s nightmares. He didn’t copy the story—he just let the book’s creepy mood guide his own monsters. The deep blacks come from lithography, a way of printing that lets him layer shadows like charcoal. If you like this eerie vibe, look up the technique called *sfumato*.
