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Sketch for Redon's first etching, The Ford (M. 2) by Odilon Redon — VisualArtsDB

Sketch for Redon's first etching, The Ford (M. 2)

Sketch for Redon's first etching, The Ford (M. 2)

1865

Medium: Graphite on cream tracing paper, discolored to tan, laid down on cream laid paper
Dimensions: 8.7 × 11.4 cm (3 7/16 × 4 1/2 in.)
Genre: graphite
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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