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Post-Impressionism
The Repast of the Lion
$780Edition of 150
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A lion eats an antelope in a jungle that never existed, painted by a tax collector who never left France. Rousseau's dream logic at full strength.
| Artist | Henri Rousseau (le Douanier) |
| Date | ca. 1907 |
| Original medium | Oil on canvas |
| Original size | 44 3/4 in. × 63 in. (113.7 × 160 cm) |
| Movement | Post-Impressionism |
| Edition | Edition of 150 |
| Giclée on 310gsm cotton rag |
French self-taught painter (1844–1910) whose dreamlike jungles influenced the Surrealists and Picasso.
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