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Horse Turning His Head by Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault — VisualArtsDB

Horse Turning His Head

Horse Turning His Head

Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault

1818–1819

Medium: Graphite on cream laid paper, perimeter mounted on cream wove paper
Dimensions: 20.1 × 25.9 cm (7 15/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
Genre: drawings (visual works)
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)graphiteprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)

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