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Jean Baptiste Carpeaux

Sketches: Seated Man with Head in Hands and Two Figures Bending Toward Others in Background (recto); Reclining Woman (verso)

1847/75 (recto); 1863/64 (verso)
Black and white chalk (recto and verso) on tan wove paper
21.1 × 15.1 cm (8.3 × 5.9 in)

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