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A Long Chrysalis, the Color of Blood, plate 2 of 6

Odilon Redon · 1889

Palette

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Artist

Odilon Redon
French, 1840-1916

Date

1889

Type

Print

Medium

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

Size

Image/chine: 26 × 19.5 cm (10 1/4 × 7 11/16 in.); Sheet: 44.7 × 31.4 cm (17 5/8 × 12 3/8 in.)

Place

France

Period

19th century

Main colour

White & cream · lightness 76, colourfulness 5

Art Institute of Chicago, The Joseph Brooks Fair 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