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Head of a Tahitian with Profile of Second Head to His Right by Paul Gauguin — VisualArtsDB

Head of a Tahitian with Profile of Second Head to His Right

1891–1893

Medium: Black and red chalk, selectively stumped, on cream wove paper
Dimensions: 35.2 × 36.9 cm (13 7/8 × 14 9/16 in.)
Genre: chalk
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)chalkChicago World's FairsCentury of Progressplant materialprints and drawingworld's fairspaper (fiber product)charcoal

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