There must be, somewhere, primordial figures, whose bodies are only the images, Odilon Redon, 1889

Plate 4. An amoeba with an eye floating in chaos. 1889 lithograph on chine appliqué. Date: 1889. Dimensions: Height: 170 mm; Width: 125 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Gustave Flaubert. Collection: British Museum. Il doit y avoir, quelque part, des figures primordiales, dont les corps ne sont que les images (BM 1905,1101.7)