Charcoal line drawing on tan paper of a seated woman with bowed head, bare shoulders, and hands resting in her lap.

Seated Tahitian Woman, Charcoal Drawing (1891-93)

A line drawing in charcoal on tan paper shows a seated woman with her head bowed to one side and her hair pulled back. Her bare shoulders and arms are drawn in loose outline, and her hands rest together in her lap, with light shading and open paper around the figure.

Artist: Paul Gauguin
Date: 1891/93
Medium: Charcoal on cream wove paper (discolored to tan)
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1455 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1893).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Margaret Day Blake Collection

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