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Sketch of Man with a Hat and Fragment of Woman’s Shoulder by Paul Gauguin — VisualArtsDB

Sketch of Man with a Hat and Fragment of Woman’s Shoulder

Sketch of Man with a Hat and Fragment of Woman’s Shoulder

1891–1893

Medium: Graphite on cream wove irregularly shaped paper, discolored to tan (removed from a sketchbook)
Dimensions: 16.3 × 4.3 cm (6 7/16 × 1 3/4 in.)
Genre: drawings (visual works)
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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