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Paul Gauguin

Sketches of Various Animals and Head (recto), Sketches of a Head, Figure in Profile, Anatomical Details, and Animals (verso)

1891/93
Graphite (recto); graphite, with pen and pale-yellow ink (originally purple) (verso); on cream wove paper, discolored to tan (removed from a sketchbook)
32 × 21.7 cm (12.6 × 8.5 in)

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