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Femme debout et quatre têtes [Standing Woman and Four Heads] (r); Nue assise et tête d’homme avec un monocle [Sitting Nude and Man's Head with Monocle] (v)

Clarence Gagnon

BIRTH YEAR 1881
BIRTH PLACE Montreal, Quebec
DEATH YEAR 1942
DEATH PLACE Montreal, Quebec
MEDIUM Pencil on paper
DATE c. 1908 - 1912
DIMENSIONS 13.2cm x 19.8cm
ACCESSION NUMBER FAC 0356
CREDIT LINE Firestone Collection of Canadian Art, the Ottawa Art Gallery. Donated to the City of Ottawa by the Ontario Heritage Foundation
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
[Recto] A graphite study sketch depicts a series of figures: four clothed head busts looking in various directions and a central standing nude, breasted body with their right arm tucked behind their back and left arm raised above their head. [Verso] A nude, breasted seated figure leaning on one their right arm. Their head is turned to the left and ther left arm is lying along their thigh. There is a study of a figure's head, upside down, in the top left corner of the paper. They are wearing a monocle and have short hair.

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