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Volpini Suite: Dramas of the Sea (Les Drames de la Mer)

Paul Gauguin

Cleveland Museum of Art

Yellow background image of a black and white drawing of a seascape. A small ship with three masts in the distance on the horizon above a curved line representing the sea. A man in a hat, with his arms raised and holding something in one hand, stands on the right edge of a large wave crashing over the ocean. The wave fills most of the image and there are lines indicating motion. The wave appears to be curling over with white caps. The wave starts on the left and curls around to the right. A signature in cursive text appears on the bottom left. Text next to the signature appears to say "Les drames de la mer". The drawing fills a wide semicircle with straight edges on top resembling a mouth. The artist's last name appears on the bottom left with the first name missing.

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900 × 613 px
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