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Jean François Millet

The Wool Carder (recto); Fragmentary Sketch of Man Standing by Fence (verso)

1857/58
Black chalk (recto) and red chalk (verso) on ivory wove paper
25.9 × 17.7 cm (10.2 × 7 in)

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