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

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

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 cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 27.5 × 21.2 cm (10 7/8 × 8 3/8 in.); Chine: 27.7 × 21.2 cm (10 15/16 × 8 3/8 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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