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Strange Flower (Little Sister of the Poor) by Odilon Redon — VisualArtsDB

Strange Flower (Little Sister of the Poor)

Strange Flower (Little Sister of the Poor)

1880

Medium: Various charcoals, with touches of black chalk and black Conté crayon, stumping, incising and erasing, on yellowish cream wove paper altered to a golden tone
Dimensions: 40.4 × 33.2 cm (15 15/16 × 13 1/8 in.)
Genre: charcoal
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Post-Impressionism

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erasingdrawings (visual works)Post-Impressionismblack chalkchalkmysteries/fantasiesConté crayon (TM)prints and drawingpaperstumpingdrawing techniquespaper (fiber product)wove paperscrapingcharcoal

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