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On the Horizon the Angel of Certitude, and in the Somber Heaven a Questioning Eye, plate four from To Edgar Poe

A work made of lithograph in black on ivory china paper, laid down on white wove paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of lithograph in black on ivory china paper, laid down on white wove paper.

Date:

1882

Artist:

Odilon Redon
French, 1840-1916

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Odilon Redon

Title

On the Horizon the Angel of Certitude, and in the Somber Heaven a Questioning Eye, plate four from To Edgar Poe

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1882

Medium

Lithograph in black on ivory China paper, laid down on white wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 27 × 20.5 cm (10 11/16 × 8 1/8 in.); Chine: 27.2 × 20.5 cm (10 3/4 × 8 1/8 in.); Sheet: 44 × 30.5 cm (17 3/8 × 12 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Stickney Collection

Reference Number

1920.1573

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