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Head of a Woman by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes — VisualArtsDB

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Head of a Woman

Head of a Woman

Head of a Woman

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

1884–1889

Medium: Black chalk or charcoal with touches of oil(?) on tracing paper, mounted to card
Dimensions: actual: 36 x 25.8 cm (14 3/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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