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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 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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