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Jean Baptiste Carpeaux

Sketches of Two Children, Boats at Sea (recto); Sketches of Striding Male Figure Holding Staff and Coastal Scene (verso)

1847/75
Graphite (recto and verso) on bluish gray wove paper
14.1 × 12.4 cm (5.6 × 4.9 in)

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