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Head by Henri Matisse — VisualArtsDB

Head

Head

1947

Medium: Brush and black ink on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: 52.8 × 40.5 cm (20 13/16 × 16 in.)
Genre: pen and ink drawings
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)inkpen and ink drawingsprints and drawingcoating (material)paper (fiber product)

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