La Fleur du marécage  

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La Fleur du marécage (1885) by Odilon Redon
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La fleur du marécage, une tête. humaine et triste (1885) is a drawing by French artist Odilon Redon. It depicts the head of a Pierrot, suspended from a branch of a plant.

Marécage is French for swamp, so the title translates as Swamp flower, a head. Human and sad.

It is from the set Hommage à Goya.

The engraving is is reminiscent of the fantastic plants of Edward Lear.

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