Find Randomart of existing ssh key

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Published on 2012-09-06T01:03:11Z Indexed on 2012/09/06 3:48 UTC
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I have created a ssh-keygen and i got this result

The key fingerprint is:
84:4b:3d:7a:d5:5e:58:15:a0:b6:ab:0f:03:3b:3b:82 ir@ir-Notebook
The key's randomart image is:
+--[ RSA 4048]----+
|             .ooo|
|       o   ..o   |
|      o + .oo .  |
|     . + o....   |
|      o.S  ..    |
|       .o   .    |
|    .  o o .     |
|   E . .o +      |
|      ......     |
+-----------------+

this is generated when key is created. is there any way to view Randomeart of a existing key

And what is the purpose of this Randomart in cryptography.

Thanks

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