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Sketch of a hand and a seated figure, in profile to left (verso) (1891-1903)

Paul Gauguin

graphite on paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Sketch of a hand and a seated figure, in profile to left (verso) (1891-1903)
Sketch of a hand and a seated figure, in profile to left (verso) (1891-1903)
Sketch of a hand and a seated figure, in profile to left (verso) (1891-1903)

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Details

Classification:

Drawing and Watercolour

Materials:

Paper, Graphite

Physical Object Description:

Three studies of a young Tahitian woman; including a sketch of the figure sitting with legs crossed and hand held to chin, and a sketch of the head and shoulders Graphite Verso: Sketch of a hand and a seated figure, in profile to left

Dimensions:

27.2 x 17.1 cm

Accession Number:

1925,0314.4

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1925

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) for the Contemporary Art Society, with its Prints and Drawings Fund, 1925; 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
Sketch of a hand and a seated figure, in profile to left (verso) (1891-1903)

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