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Jean Louis Forain

Sketches of a Framed Riot Scene and of a Man (recto); Woman with a Bonnet (verso)

c. 1887
Watercolor, with brush and black ink, and with black crayon border (recto), and black crayon (verso), on tan wove paper
29.6 × 21.6 cm (11.7 × 8.5 in)

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