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Hand of Centaur Grasping Head of Lapith (after One of Metopes from Parthenon, British Museum)

n.d.
Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on cream wove paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper
29.6 × 30.4 cm (11.7 × 12 in)

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