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The Impotent Wing Did Not Lift the Animal Into That Black Space, plate 7 of 8 from "Les Origines"

1883
Lithograph in black on light gray China paper, laid down on white wove paper
29.5 × 22.2 cm (11.6 × 8.7 in)

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