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Closed Eyes

Odilon Redon, 1890

Closed Eyes by Odilon Redon
Closed Eyes by Odilon Redon, 24 cm × 31 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

24 cm × 31 cm

About the size of a sheet of A4. You would need 5 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 31 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
31 cm
Width
24 cm
Medium
lithograph on China paper laid on wove paper
Kind
Print
Made in
France, 19th century
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it
Image: 31.2 x 24.2 cm (12 5/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland

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Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?
24 cm × 31 cm. About the size of a sheet of A4. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1890. It is in the public domain, and The Cleveland Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Cleveland Museum of Art: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland.
How was it made?
Lithograph on China paper laid on wove paper, made in France, 19th century, France, 19th century.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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