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Young Communards in Prison, 1871 Gustave Courbet (French, 1819–1877) Black chalk, rubbed, on wove paper; 10 x 7 in. (25.4 x 17.8 cm) Signed (lower left, in pen and ink): G. Courbet; inscribed and dated (top, in pen and ink): Les Federés ala Conciergerie 1871 Gift of Guy Wildenstein, 1999 (1999.251)

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