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The Black Rocks

Paul Gauguin

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white woodcut print. Two nude women on right side, one sitting on the ground with back to viewer and one lying down on her side on a hill. The woman on the ground has her hands on her head. The woman on her side on the hill has her body facing away from viewer, her buttocks and back visible, and her arms raised over her head. Her left leg is bent in front of her right leg. Curved tree trunk on left side mostly obscuring the woman sitting on the ground. Background includes wavy lines on left and right. Writing on left side. A small bushlike object at the top.

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1263 × 613 px
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