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Odilon Redon

And a Large Bird, Descending From the Sky, Hurls Itself Against the Topmost Point of Her Hair, plate 3 of 10

1888
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
19 × 16 cm (7.5 × 6.3 in)

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