Head of a Man with a Study of His Back; Various Sketches with a Peasant Woman and a Goose [recto]
1886
graphite
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
![Head of a Man with a Study of His Back; Various Sketches with a Peasant Woman and a Goose [recto]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/2fa4d0cd45c52509/full.webp)
1886
graphite
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The painting is called Head of a Man with a Study of His Back; Various Sketches with a Peasant Woman and a Goose. It was created by Gauguin between 1884 and 1888. This was a time when Gauguin was exploring different styles, including Impressionism and Realism. Check out the National Gallery of Art, Washington to learn more about this piece.
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![Two Figures and a Bench; Three Studies of Men's Heads and One of a Hand [recto]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/b308c9e6d9f9cfa9/thumb.webp)
![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]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/634600a51135ea0b/thumb.webp)
![Five Studies of Heads; A Boy in Profile with Studies of Hands and Feet [verso]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/71c9c87fde7c63ab/thumb.webp)
![Four Heads and Two Figures [verso]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/c2dab012b6be4f36/thumb.webp)
![Eye and Part of Face; A Breton Woman and Two Men [recto]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/81c9125f35b9b9e6/thumb.webp)
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![Trees; Sketch of Breton Boy [verso]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/ffac7faa10ac7e52/thumb.webp)
![A Caricature and Five Forms; A Man in Profile, a Winged Creature and a Boy [verso]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/ba33d39de90d54d7/thumb.webp)
![Studies of Jugs and Vases; A Man with Moustache and a Boy with a Hat [recto]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/f45745e972a40252/thumb.webp)
![Three Studies of Men's Heads, One with Spectacles; Dogs, Children, and Two Bearded Men in Profile [verso]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/5397d62ca5c9a48b/thumb.webp)
![Sheet of Studies [recto and verso]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/acf1b2004c9fc50f/thumb.webp)
