Paul Gauguin

Man with an Ax

1891/93
Thinned gouache, with pen and black ink, over pen and brown ink, on cream wove paper (discolored to tan), laid down on cream Japanese paper
31.7 × 22.8 cm (12.5 × 9 in)

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