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Strange Flower (Little Sister of the Poor)

A work made of various charcoals, with touches of black chalk and black conté crayon, stumping, incising and erasing, on yellowish cream wove paper altered to a golden tone.
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  • A work made of various charcoals, with touches of black chalk and black conté crayon, stumping, incising and erasing, on yellowish cream wove paper altered to a golden tone.

Date:

1880

Artist:

Odilon Redon
French, 1840-1916

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Odilon Redon

Title

Strange Flower (Little Sister of the Poor)

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1880

Medium

Various charcoals, with touches of black chalk and black Conté crayon, stumping, incising and erasing, on yellowish cream wove paper altered to a golden tone

Inscriptions

Signed lower right, in black chalk: "ODILON REDON"

Dimensions

40.4 × 33.2 cm (15 15/16 × 13 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

David Adler Collection

Reference Number

1950.1433

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