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A Horse and Birds, headpiece for Le sourire

A work made of wood-block print in black ink on mottled gray-blue wove paper, laid down on buff wove paper.
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  • A work made of wood-block print in black ink on mottled gray-blue wove paper, laid down on buff wove paper.

Date:

1899

Artist:

Paul Gauguin
French, 1848-1903

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Paul Gauguin

Title

A Horse and Birds, headpiece for Le sourire

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1899

Medium

Wood-block print in black ink on mottled gray-blue wove paper, laid down on buff wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 14.2 × 22.1 cm (5 5/8 × 8 3/4 in.); Sheet: 16.8 × 24.5 cm (6 5/8 × 9 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edward McCormick Blair

Reference Number

2002.255

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