DrawingsFrench19th century

Head of a Breton Peasant Girl

c. 1889

Artists

Paul GauguinArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite, black and red crayon, and black wash on white paper

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

22.4 × 20 cm (8 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

Provenance

[Charles Vignier, Paris] sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA, by 1929, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965

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