Paul Gauguin

Breton Bather

1886/87
Charcoal and pastel, with touches of brush and brown ink, on ivory laid paper (discolored to tan), partially outlined in graphite and squared in black fabricated chalk, with yellow paint residue on verso
58.5 × 35 cm (23 × 13.8 in)

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