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The impotent wing did not lift the animal into that black space; Plate No. 7 from the set "The Origins"
The impotent wing did not lift the animal into that black space; Plate No. 7 from the set "The Origins"

The impotent wing did not lift the animal into that black space; Plate No. 7 from the set "The Origins"

Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916)
Lemercier et Cie. (French, 19th century)
1883
Medium/TechniqueLithograph, en chine collé
DimensionsSheet: 38.5 x 29.2 cm (15 3/16 x 11 1/2 in.)
Image: 29.5 x 22 cm (11 5/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit LineLee M. Friedman Fund
Accession number67.280
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsSigned in image, lower right: ODILON REDON Lower left: Odilon Redon del et lith. Lower right: Imp. Lemercier & Cie Paris Lower center, in graphite pencil: Cheval AiléProvenanceAndré Mellerio (b. 1862 - d. 1943, Lugt 153a), Paris; William H. Schab, New York; 1967, sold by William H. Schab to the MFA for $5,200 [see note]. (Accession Date: February 8, 1967)

NOTE: MFA accession nos. 67.273-67.281 were purchased for this amount.