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And a Large Bird, Descending from the Sky, Hurled Itself Against the Topmost Point of Her Hair (Et un grand oiseau qui descend du ciel, vient s’abattre sur le sommet de sa chevelure)

Odilon Redon, Edmond Deman, and others

And a Large Bird, Descending from the Sky, Hurled Itself Against the Topmost Point of Her Hair (Et un grand oiseau qui descend du ciel, vient s’abattre sur le sommet de sa chevelure)

1887

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And a Large Bird, Descending from the Sky, Hurled Itself Against the Topmost Point of Her Hair (Et un grand oiseau qui descend du ciel, vient s’abattre sur le sommet de sa chevelure)

Odilon Redon, Edmond Deman, and others

And a Large Bird, Descending from the Sky, Hurled Itself Against the Topmost Point of Her Hair (Et un grand oiseau qui descend du ciel, vient s’abattre sur le sommet de sa chevelure)

And a Large Bird, Descending from the Sky, Hurled Itself Against the Topmost Point of Her Hair (Et un grand oiseau qui descend du ciel, vient s’abattre sur le sommet de sa chevelure)

1887

Physical Qualities Lithograph on chine collé, Sheet: 450 × 315 mm. (17 11/16 × 12 3/8 in.) Image: 190 × 160 mm. (7 1/2 × 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Blanche Adler Memorial Fund
Object Number 1953.159.1
Proof before letters, outside the edition
Redon

Signed: 1

Inscribed: In stone, at upper right: "ODILON REDON"; below image, at right, in graphite: "Od.R."; at bottom left, in graphite: "Et un grand oiseau qui descend du ciel / vient s'abattre sur sa chevelure" / Ruvue de Sabat [?] / 110 planche d'une serie tentation de l'antoine de flaubert"; at bottom right, in graphite: "132 [circled] / M86"

Markings: Verso: Blanche Adler

Artist

Odilon Redon

1839–1915

French, 1840-1916
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Publisher

Edmond Deman

2000–2000

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Printer

Becquet

2000–2000

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