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

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Paul Gauguin

Title

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

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1891–1893

Medium

Pen and brown ink (originally purple) (recto); graphite (verso); on cream wove paper, discolored to tan (removed from a sketchbook)

Dimensions

14 × 8.8 cm (5 9/16 × 3 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Edith Cummings Munson

Reference Number

1985.981

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