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When Life Was Awakening in the Depths of Obscure Matter by Odilon Redon — VisualArtsDB

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When Life Was Awakening in the Depths of Obscure Matter

When Life Was Awakening in the Depths of Obscure Matter

When Life Was Awakening in the Depths of Obscure Matter

1883

Medium: lithograph on China paper laid on wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 27.5 x 20.2 cm (10 13/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art

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France, 19th century

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