The artwork, “The Breath which Leads All Creatures is also in the Spheres,” is a lithograph on paper created by the artist Odilon Redon in 1882. As an exemplar of the Symbolism art movement, this symbolic painting possesses dimensions of 27.3 by 20.9 centimeters. It is part of the “To Edgar Poe” series and is currently housed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in Los Angeles, California, United States.
The artwork serves as an illustration of Redon’s fascination with the macabre and the mystical, drawing influence from the works of Edgar Poe. It presents a dream-like vision with a composition that features enigmatic figures and faces, seamlessly merging with their surroundings to create a sense of ethereal and otherworldly presence. The interplay of light and dark is characteristic of Redon’s graphic works, where familiar forms blend into the obscure, invoking the viewer’s imagination and encouraging a subjective interpretation deeply rooted in personal emotion and the subconscious.