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The image contains a two-panel sketch. The left panel shows a sketched outline of a draped piece of fabric. The right panel features sketches of two human faces and a partial figure. The top sketch shows a person with stylized facial features, with their hand resting on the side of their face. Below is another sketch of a person with facial hair and a hand on their face. Next to these sketches is an unfinished outline of a figure or object. The composition is on a plain, light paper with faint darker strokes, enclosed in a simple frame.
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The image contains a two-panel sketch. The left panel shows a sketched outline of a draped piece of fabric. The right panel features sketches of two human faces and a partial figure. The top sketch shows a person with stylized facial features, with their hand resting on the side of their face. Below is another sketch of a person with facial hair and a hand on their face. Next to these sketches is an unfinished outline of a figure or object. The composition is on a plain, light paper with faint darker strokes, enclosed in a simple frame.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Grazing Cow; Head of a Woman with Her Hand on Her Cheek, and Head of a Man with His Hand on His Ear [verso]

Paul Gauguin

Date
1884-1888
Medium
pen and brown ink and graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 16.9 x 22.5 cm (6 5/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1991.217.56.b
Credit line
The Armand Hammer Collection
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Breton Sketchbook, No. 16

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Woman
  • Cow
  • Hand
  • Post-Impressionist
  • Face
  • Man
Provenance

Henri Mahaut, Cherbourg, purchased before World War I; Private Collection, USA; Armand Hammer Collection, Los Angeles, 1967; gift to NGA 1991

NGA object ID 74248. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.