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Odilon Redon

Quasimodo

c. 1875–80
charcoal with fabricated black chalk and touches of white and gray gouache on gray wove paper

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Victor Hugo, the author who inspired this drawing’s subject, also made drawings with black materials inspired by his own imagination, much like Redon’s own work.

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