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Head of a man with a moustache, and the head and shoulders of a young Tahitian (?) woman (verso) (1848-1903)

Paul Gauguin

graphite, watercolour and red chalk on paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Head of a man with a moustache, and the head and shoulders of a young Tahitian (?) woman (verso) (1848-1903)
Head of a man with a moustache, and the head and shoulders of a young Tahitian (?) woman (verso) (1848-1903)
Head of a man with a moustache, and the head and shoulders of a young Tahitian (?) woman (verso) (1848-1903)

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Details

Classification:

Drawing and Watercolour

Materials:

Graphite, Paper, Watercolour, Red chalk

Physical Object Description:

French peasant, seated and wearing hat; whole-length, seen partly from behind Red chalk, with watercolour Verso: Two separate drawings, of the head of a man with a moustache, and the head and shoulders of a young Tahitian (?) woman. Inscribed: "44"

Dimensions:

27.2 x 17.6 cm

Accession Number:

1925,0314.3

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1925

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1921; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1925

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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Artist Bio

Paul Gauguin
Head of a man with a moustache, and the head and shoulders of a young Tahitian (?) woman (verso) (1848-1903)

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