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Odilon Redon

First a pool of water, then a prostitute, the corner of a temple, a soldier's face, a chariot with two rearing white horses, plate 1 from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (1st series)

1888
Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper
29 × 20.6 cm (11.4 × 8.1 in)

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