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Studies for Four Figures (recto); Composition Sketches for Groupings of Figures on Clouds (verso)
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Brush with brown and white oil paint over black chalk on light brown paper (recto); black chalk and charcoal (verso)
Rights: Public Domain
Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Florence B. Selden Bequest 1998
Title: Studies for Four Figures (recto); Composition Sketches for Groupings of Figures on Clouds (verso)
Description:
Brush with brown and white oil paint over black chalk on light brown paper (recto); black chalk and charcoal (verso).
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