Flowers Fall and the Head of a Python Appears, Odilon Redon

Flowers Fall and the Head of a Python Appears

Odilon Redon (French) (1840-1916)

Movement: Symbolism
Date: 1896
Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: 26 × 19.8 cm
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art, United States
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0

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