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Les Charbonniers de la Montagne Noire
Arthur Batut French
Not on view
Batut merged male and female faces in his study of an insular community of charcoal makers from the Montagne Noire region, in southern France. Using composite portraiture as a genealogical tool, he attempted to demonstrate the physiognomic differences among various communities living in close proximity.