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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes — Drapery Study
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Drapery Study

1850

Masterful handling of black chalk demonstrates the artist's fundamental concern with the fall of light across fabric, essential to his later mural work.

Medium
black chalk

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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Drapery Study, 1850

Masterful handling of black chalk demonstrates the artist's fundamental concern with the fall of light across fabric, essential to his later mural work.

Medium
black chalk
Year
1850
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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