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Obsession by Odilon Redon — VisualArtsDB

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Obsession

Obsession

Obsession

1894

Medium: Lithograph in black on cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: Image/chine: 36.4 × 22.8 cm (14 3/8 × 9 in.); Sheet: 45.2 × 34.7 cm (17 13/16 × 13 11/16 in.)
Genre: Lithograph
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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