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The Sphinx: "...my gaze that nothing can deflect, passing through objects, remains fixed on an inaccessible horizon." The Chimera: "As for me, I am light and joyful," plate 5 from To Gustave Flaubert
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The Sphinx: "...my gaze that nothing can deflect, passing through objects, remains fixed on an inaccessible horizon." The Chimera: "As for me, I am light and joyful," plate 5 from To Gustave Flaubert

Odilon Redon, French, 1840-1916 · 1889 · Lithograph in black on ivory China paper laid down on ivory wove paper

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Credit lineThe Sphinx: "...my gaze that nothing can deflect, passing through objects, remains fixed on an inaccessible horizon." The Chimera: "As for me, I am light and joyful," plate 5 from To Gustave Flaubert. 1889. Odilon Redon, French, 1840-1916. The Art Institute of Chicago, The Stickney Collection. CC0.
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