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Head of Man in Shell by Odilon Redon — VisualArtsDB

Head of Man in Shell

Head of Man in Shell

1905–1915

Medium: Watercolor, with black chalk and pen and brown-black ink, on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: 24.7 × 17.2 cm (9 3/4 × 6 13/16 in.)
Genre: watercolor
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)black chalkchalkinkpen and ink drawingsprints and drawingwatercolorpaperpaper (fiber product)wove paper

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