Odilon Redon

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c. 1885 (later reworked)
Various charcoals and black pastel (a later reworking), with touches of black Conté crayon, incising, stumping, wiping, erasing, and subtractive brushwork, on pale-pink wove paper with red and blue fibers altered to a golden tone
52.4 × 36.8 cm (20.6 × 14.5 in)

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