Seated Male Nude (recto); Crouching Male Nude (verso) — Paul Baudry | DiscoverArt

Seated Male Nude (recto); Crouching Male Nude (verso)

1864–74

black chalk, heightened with white (recto); black chalk (verso)

33 × 23.7 cm (13 × 9.3 in)

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