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Sleeping Girl by Balthus — VisualArtsDB

Sleeping Girl

Sleeping Girl

1936–1946

Medium: Conté crayon over graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions: 30.7 × 29.9 cm (12 1/8 × 11 13/16 in.)
Genre: crayon
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)crayonprints and drawingcrayonspaper (fiber product)

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