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Sketches of Figures and Foliage (recto); Profile of Charles Laval with Palm Tree and Other Sketches (verso)

Sketches of Figures and Foliage (recto); Profile of Charles Laval with Palm Tree and Other Sketches (verso) — Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin · Sketches of Figures and Foliage (recto); Profile of Charles Laval with Palm Tree and Other Sketches (verso) · 1887 · Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain / CC0.
Sketches of Figures and Foliage (recto); Profile of Charles Laval with Palm Tree and Other Sketches (verso) — Paul Gauguin

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago as Paul Gauguin.

The record

  • AttributionPaul Gauguinother records naming Paul Gauguin
  • Date1887
  • Classificationcrayon
  • MediumBlack fabricated chalk with watercolor, on mottled blue wove paper with blue fibers, altered to light gray (recto); black fabricated chalk, with pen and brown ink, on mottled blue wove paper with blue fibers, altered to bluish-gray (verso) (removed from a sketchbook)
  • DepartmentPrints and Drawings
  • Held byArt Institute of Chicago

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Paul Gauguin · Sketches of Figures and Foliage (recto); Profile of Charles Laval with Palm Tree and Other Sketches (verso) · 1887 · Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain / CC0.

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