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Figure composition

1820–76
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Figure composition
  • Artist: Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña (French, Bordeaux 1808–1876 Menton)
  • Date: 1820–76
  • Medium: Black chalk on wove paper (probably torn from letterhead printed: Maison/ en chine &/ au japon./ M)
  • Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 2 13/16 in. (13.7 x 7.2 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Katherine Ticknor Heintzelman, 1966
  • Object Number: 66.189.6
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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