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The Reader by Odilon Redon — VisualArtsDB

The Reader

The Reader

1892

Medium: Lithograph in black on ivory China paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 31.2 × 23.7 cm (12 5/16 × 9 3/8 in.); Sheet: 44.2 × 34.9 cm (17 7/16 × 13 3/4 in.)
Genre: lithograph
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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