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Bust of a Young Breton Woman (Possibly Marie Lagadu) by Paul Gauguin — VisualArtsDB

Bust of a Young Breton Woman (Possibly Marie Lagadu)

Bust of a Young Breton Woman (Possibly Marie Lagadu)

1881–1892

Medium: Black fabricated chalk on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 30.3 × 31.3 cm (11 15/16 × 12 3/8 in.)
Genre: charcoal
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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