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Study of Female Head (recto); Classical Male Head (verso)

A work made of brush and brown and gray wash, with black chalk, heightened with white chalk (recto), and black chalk (verso), on cream laid paper.
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  • A work made of brush and brown and gray wash, with black chalk, heightened with white chalk (recto), and black chalk (verso), on cream laid paper.

Date:

c. 1890

Artist:

Henri Cros
French, 1840-1907

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Henri Cros

Title

Study of Female Head (recto); Classical Male Head (verso)

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1885–1895

Medium

Brush and brown and gray wash, with black chalk, heightened with white chalk (recto), and black chalk (verso), on cream laid paper

Dimensions

46.6 × 39.1 cm (18 3/8 × 15 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Elizabeth Gott Templeton and Joseph T. Ryerson Endowments

Reference Number

1988.281

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