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Study of a Man's Head for "The Organ Grinder" by Honoré-Victorin Daumier — VisualArtsDB

Study of a Man's Head for "The Organ Grinder"

Study of a Man's Head for "The Organ Grinder"

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

1855–1865

Medium: Black crayon, gray wash, watercolor, and opaque white watercolor on off-white laid paper, mounted to board
Dimensions: 12.7 × 15.2 cm (5 × 6 in.) mount: 25.6 × 27.5 cm (10 1/16 × 10 13/16 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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