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

Museum record 113991: Sketches of Figures and Foliage (recto); Profile of Charles Laval with Palm Tree and Other Sketches (verso) by Paul Gauguin. A verif…

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A work made of black 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). MyArtTaste includes museum record 113991 as a recognizable discovery anchor, using the institution's official open-data metadata and image for this specific work.