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Jean François Millet

Sketches, Fragment: Head of a Woman Wearing a Kerchief

after 1863
Woodcut fragment from a partially printed block on tan wove paper with separate matting and original backing with inscription in dark brown ink on white wove lined card
2.7 × 4.5 cm (1.1 × 1.8 in)

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