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Paul Gauguin

Misères Humaines (Human Sorrow)

1889

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Paul Gauguin

Misères Humaines (Human Sorrow)

1889

Physical Qualities Lithograph, Sheet: 470 × 322 mm. (18 1/2 × 12 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Blanche Adler Memorial Fund
Object Number 1944.69
Purchased from Ferdinand Roten

Inscribed: Recto: in matrix, at lower right: "P. Gauguin [reversed] / 89"; at lower left, in graphite: "C11"; at lower center, in graphite: "Misères humaines"; Verso: at lower center, in graphite: "C11"

Markings: Verso: at lower center, stamped in red ink: "Printed in Germany"

Artist

Paul Gauguin

French, 1848-1903

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