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Odilon Redon

Saint Anthony: "Somewhere there must be primordial shapes whose bodies are only images, plate 4 of 6

1889
Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper
17 × 12.3 cm (6.7 × 4.8 in)

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