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Leda (Design for a China Plate) (Leda [Projet d'assiette])

Artist: Paul Gauguin, French, 1848-1903
Medium: Hand-colored zincograph on China paper
Place Made: France
Dates: 1889
Dimensions: Diameter: 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Signature: Upper left of circle in plate monogram in reverse: "PGO."
Inscriptions: Upper left of circle in plate in reverse: "homis [sic] soit qui mal y pense" Underneath composition in reverse: "Projet d'asiet [sic] en 89"
Collections: European Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 38.116
Credit Line: Museum Collection Fund
Image: Overall, 38.116_transp1361.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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