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A Grazing Cow; Head of a Woman with Her Hand on Her Cheek, and Head of a Man with His Hand on His Ear [verso]

Paul Gauguin

National Gallery of Art

The image contains a two-panel sketch. The left panel shows a sketched outline of a draped piece of fabric. The right panel features sketches of two human faces and a partial figure. The top sketch shows a person with stylized facial features, with their hand resting on the side of their face. Below is another sketch of a person with facial hair and a hand on their face. Next to these sketches is an unfinished outline of a figure or object. The composition is on a plain, light paper with faint darker strokes, enclosed in a simple frame.

Artwork Details

Date
1884-1888
Medium
pen and brown ink and graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
3464 × 2712 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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