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Frontispiece for El Moghreb al Aksa by Edmond Picard, Odilon Redon

Frontispiece for El Moghreb al Aksa by Edmond Picard

Odilon Redon (French) (1840-1916)

Movement
Symbolism
Date
1889
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
24.4 × 18.6 cm
Collection
Art Institute of Chicago, United States
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Art Institute of Chicago, CC0

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