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Odilon Redon

There Were Also Embryonic Beings

1885
lithograph on China paper laid on wove paper

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This portfolio was published in an edition of 50, one of which Redon sent to poet Stéphane Mallarmé soon after Redon became a frequent participant in a literary salon held regularly at Mallarmé's home.

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