Paul Gauguin

Head of a Tahitian Woman (recto), Sketches of Anatomical Details (verso)

1891/93
Pen and brown ink (originally purple) (recto); graphite (verso); on cream wove paper, discolored to tan (removed from a sketchbook)
14 × 8.8 cm (5.5 × 3.5 in)

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