When Life Was Awakening in the Depths of Obscure Matter, plate 1 of 8 from "Les Origines"

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When Life Was Awakening in the Depths of Obscure Matter, plate 1 of 8 from "Les Origines"

Odilon Redon

Date
1883
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory China paper, laid down on white wove paper
Culture
France
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
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