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Odilon Redon

The Sphinx: "...my gaze that nothing can deflect, passing through objects, remains fixed on an inaccessible horizon." The Chimera: "As for me, I am light and joyful," plate 5 from To Gustave Flaubert

1889
Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper
28.2 × 20.2 cm (11.1 × 8 in)

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