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On the Backdrop of Our Nights God with His Knowing Finger Traces a Multiform Implacable Nightmare, plate 6 of 9

A work made of photogravure made from an original drawing, in black on ivory wove paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of photogravure made from an original drawing, in black on ivory wove paper.

Date:

1890

Artist:

Odilon Redon
French, 1840-1916

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Odilon Redon

Title

On the Backdrop of Our Nights God with His Knowing Finger Traces a Multiform Implacable Nightmare, plate 6 of 9

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1890

Medium

Photogravure made from an original drawing, in black on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Plate: 24.1 × 21.4 cm (9 1/2 × 8 7/16 in.); Sheet: 43.9 × 31.2 cm (17 5/16 × 12 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection

Reference Number

1920.1882

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