The Dream Finished by Death, Odilon Redon, c. 1886
Odilon Redon, portraitOdilon RedonFrench, 1840–1916

The Dream Finished by Death

c. 1886 · Drawing

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Where is “The Dream Finished by Death” now? Collection: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Not on view at present. Checked September 22, 2026.

The Museum of Modern Art

New York, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

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Accession number
261.2000

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In the life of Odilon Redon

The whole life
  1. 1867–1915

    Begins the journal “To Myself”

    From 1867 Redon kept a journal, “À soi-même” (“To Myself”), setting out his views on art and creation; the last entries date from 1915.

  2. 1880s

    Death of his firstborn son Jean

    Redon and Camille’s firstborn son, Jean, died at six months old. The artist was so downcast that for a time he could not work; the birth of a second son in 1889 helped him recover from his grief.

  3. 1884

    Huysmans’s novel “Against Nature” makes him known

    After the publication of Joris-Karl Huysmans’s novel “À rebours” in 1884 the public began to take an interest in Redon: the book’s hero assembled a collection of art that included Redon’s drawings.

  4. 1886

    The eighth Impressionist exhibition

    Redon took part in the eighth and last Impressionist exhibition.

  5. 1886

    Exhibitions of Les XX in Brussels

    In the same year, 1886, Redon began to take part in the exhibitions of Les XX in Brussels.

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