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Guardian Spirit of the Waters by Odilon Redon — VisualArtsDB

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Guardian Spirit of the Waters

Guardian Spirit of the Waters

Guardian Spirit of the Waters

1878

Medium: Various charcoals, with touches of black chalk, stumping, erasing, incising, and subtractive sponge work, heightened with traces of white chalk, on cream wove paper altered to a golden tone
Dimensions: 46.6 × 37.6 cm (18 3/8 × 14 13/16 in.)
Genre: Charcoal
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Post-Impressionism

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erasingdrawings (visual works)Post-Impressionismblack chalkchalkwaterwhite chalkmysteries/fantasiesprints and drawingpaperstumpingdrawing techniquespaper (fiber product)wove paperscrapingcharcoal

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