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He Falls Head Foremost Into the Abyss, plate 17 of 24 by Odilon Redon — VisualArtsDB

He Falls Head Foremost Into the Abyss, plate 17 of 24

He Falls Head Foremost Into the Abyss, plate 17 of 24

1896

Medium: Lithograph in black on light gray loose chine
Dimensions: Image: 27.9 × 21.4 cm (11 × 8 7/16 in.); Sheet: 31.5 × 25 cm (12 7/16 × 9 7/8 in.)
Genre: lithograph
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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