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Rear View of a Standing Male Nude Leaning on a Block by Washington Allston — VisualArtsDB

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Rear View of a Standing Male Nude Leaning on a Block

Rear View of a Standing Male Nude Leaning on a Block

Rear View of a Standing Male Nude Leaning on a Block

Washington Allston

1805–1806

Medium: Black and white chalk on blue-gray wove paper
Dimensions: 53 x 41.1 cm (20 7/8 x 16 3/16 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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American

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