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Odilon Redon

And a Large Bird, Descending from the Sky, Hurls Itself against the Topmost Point of Her Hair

1888
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Publisher Edmond Deman commissioned this portfolio after he saw an 1886 exhibition of Redon's work in Brussels, Belgium.

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