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The Artist’s Grandmother by James Ensor — VisualArtsDB

The Artist’s Grandmother

The Artist’s Grandmother

1886

Medium: Black chalk and charcoal pencil, with touches of graphite, on grayish-ivory wove paper, laid down on white wove paper
Dimensions: 21.9 × 16.4 cm (8 5/8 × 6 1/2 in.)
Genre: prints and drawing
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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