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Odilon Redon

I Continued to Gaze on the Chair, and Fancied I saw on It a Pale Blue Misty Outline of a Human Figure, plate 1 of 6

1896
Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper
25.2 × 18 cm (9.9 × 7.1 in)

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