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Gustave Caillebotte

Study for Paris Street; Rainy Day

1877
Graphite, with touches of erasing and touches of charcoal, on tan, moderately thick, moderately textured handmade laid paper
30.2 × 46.5 cm (11.9 × 18.3 in)

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This preparatory drawing seems to have been freely sketched on the spot before being laid out in the studio with a straightedge and compass to regularize the perspective lines.

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