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Man with an Ax by Paul Gauguin — VisualArtsDB

Man with an Ax

Man with an Ax

1891–1893

Medium: Thinned gouache, with pen and black ink, over pen and brown ink, on cream wove paper (discolored to tan), laid down on cream Japanese paper
Dimensions: Image/primary/secondary support: 31.7 × 22.8 cm (12 1/2 × 9 in.)
Genre: pen and ink drawings
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)pen and ink drawingsgouacheprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)

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