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The Beasts of the Sea, Round Like Leather Bottles (Les Bêtes de la mer rondes comme des outres)

Odilon Redon

The Beasts of the Sea, Round Like Leather Bottles (Les Bêtes de la mer rondes comme des outres)

1895

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Odilon Redon

The Beasts of the Sea, Round Like Leather Bottles (Les Bêtes de la mer rondes comme des outres)

1895

Physical Qualities Crayon and tusche lithograph on chine collé, Sheet: 436 × 331 mm. (17 3/16 × 13 1/16 in.) Image: 220 × 191 mm. (8 11/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Lincoln F. Johnson, Jr., in Memory of her Husband
Object Number 2001.292
Mrs. Lincoln F. Johnson, Jr., Towson

Signed: 1

Inscribed: At lower left, in graphite: Redon / M155 Les Betes de la mer [in cursive]; at lower center, in graphite: 125-50 Ren $12

Markings: none

Artist

Odilon Redon

1839–1915

French, 1840-1916
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