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Honoré Daumier

A Man Reading in a Garden (recto); Preliminary sketch for a Man Reading in a Garden (verso)

ca. 1865
Watercolor over black chalk, with pen and ink, brush and wash, and lithographic crayon. Verso: pen and brown ink, black gray wash, and lithographic crayon
33.8 × 27 cm (13.3 × 10.6 in)

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