The Eye, Like a Strange Balloon, Mounts Towards Infinity is the name generally given in English to an 1882 lithograph by French artist Odilon Redon. It depicts a hot air balloon in the shape of an eye. The image was used in the first translation by Charles Baudelaire of Edgar Allan Poe's poetry. See also Odilon Redon, or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity, 1995 short film by Canadian director Guy Maddin Enduring Love, 1997 novel by British writer Ian McEwan References