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It was a Veil, an Imprint, plate 1 of 6 by Odilon Redon — VisualArtsDB

It was a Veil, an Imprint, plate 1 of 6

It was a Veil, an Imprint, plate 1 of 6

1891

Medium: Lithograph in black on light gray chine
Dimensions: Image: 18.5 × 13.2 cm (7 5/16 × 5 1/4 in.); Sheet: 35.5 × 27.6 cm (14 × 10 7/8 in.)
Genre: lithograph
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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