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Human Miseries, from the Volpini Suite by Paul Gauguin — VisualArtsDB

Human Miseries, from the Volpini Suite

Human Miseries, from the Volpini Suite

1889

Medium: Zincograph in reddish-brown on chrome yellow wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 28.4 × 23.4 cm (11 3/16 × 9 1/4 in.); Plate: 29.3 × 23.5 cm (11 9/16 × 9 5/16 in.); Sheet: 49.8 × 65 cm (19 5/8 × 25 5/8 in.)
Genre: zincograph
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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