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Fragment of Frame Design (Recto); Sketch of a Man's Head in Profile (Verso)
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Pen and brown ink brush and brown wash over graphite underdrawing (recto); graphite (verso)
Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection The Elisha Whittelsey Fund 1952
Title: Fragment of Frame Design (Recto); Sketch of a Man's Head in Profile (Verso)
Description:
Pen and brown ink brush and brown wash over graphite underdrawing (recto); graphite (verso).
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