The Misshapen Polyp Floated on the Shores, a Sort of Smiling and Hideous Cyclops, plate 3 of 8 from "Les Origines"

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Odilon Redon

Title

The Misshapen Polyp Floated on the Shores, a Sort of Smiling and Hideous Cyclops, plate 3 of 8 from "Les Origines"

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1883

Medium

Lithograph in black on light gray China paper, laid down on white wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 21.3 × 20 cm (8 7/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Chine: 21.2 × 19.6 cm (8 3/8 × 7 3/4 in.); Sheet: 53 × 34.5 cm (20 7/8 × 13 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

The Stickney Collection

Reference Number

1920.1580

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