Paul Gauguin

Head of a Tahitian Woman

1891/93, with later additions 1894/95
Pen and brush and black ink, with green, blue, yellow and white gouache, over pen and brown ink and touches of graphite, on parchment
31.8 × 24.2 cm (12.5 × 9.5 in)

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