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Odilon Redon · 1882

Palette

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Artist

Odilon Redon
French, 1840-1916

Date

1882

Type

Print

Medium

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

Size

Image/chine: 16.8 × 12.8 cm (6 5/8 × 5 1/16 in.); Sheet: 41.8 × 30.5 cm (16 1/2 × 12 1/16 in.)

Place

France

Period

19th century

Main colour

Grey · lightness 60, colourfulness 6

Art Institute of Chicago, The Stickney Collection. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules