And a Large Bird, Descending from the Sky, Hurls Itself against the Topmost Point of Her Hair
Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916) · 1888 · lithograph
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CC0 1.0 public-domain dedication by the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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About this picture
And a Large Bird, Descending from the Sky, Hurls Itself against the Topmost Point of Her Hair is a CC0 illustration by Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916), dated 1888. Lithograph. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.
“And a Large Bird, Descending from the Sky, Hurls Itself against the Topmost Point of Her Hair” (1888) sits between something Redon had looked at and something he invented, whether it is one of the charcoal noirs or a later pastel.
About the artist
Odilon Redon (1840–1916) was a French artist of charcoal “noirs” and, later, glowing pastels of flowers, boats, and dream figures. The pictures sit between observed nature and something invented.
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