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Redon, Odilon - Les Noirs 3
Identifier
008020
Type of Spiritual Experience
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Also done during black times but at diferent black times and thus showing the contrast between a time when he was very very low and a later time when he seemed to think he could pull himself up - like the spider on the thread - from the depths of the abyss.
Insects are frequently a feature of chemical - drug - use in dreams and other experiences and it may be that Redon actually saw that spider.
The two drawings are
- The Smiling spider - 1891 and
- The Crying spider - 1881