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Jean Baptiste Carpeaux

Two Standing Figures, Embracing (recto); Man with Scythe and Sketches of Buildings (verso)

1847/75
Red and white chalk (recto); and red chalk (verso), on blue wove paper
16 × 12.5 cm (6.3 × 4.9 in)

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