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Seated Breton Woman by Paul Gauguin — VisualArtsDB

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Seated Breton Woman

Seated Breton Woman

Seated Breton Woman

1886

Medium: Black fabricated chalk with pastel on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 32.9 × 48.3 cm (13 × 19 1/16 in.)
Genre: Charcoal
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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