La Peur (Fear)

Odilon Redon

1865-66

  • Titles La Peur (Fear) (Proper)
  • Artist Odilon Redon, French, 1840 - 1916
  • Medium etching
  • Dimensions sheet: 10 3/4 × 14 1/8 in. (27.3 × 35.9 cm) plate: 5 1/2 × 8 3/4 in. (14 × 22.3 cm) image: 4 5/16 × 7 7/8 in. (10.9 × 20 cm) mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Roy Curtis Green, AFI.170.2015
  • Work Type print
  • Classification Prints

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