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Les Charbonniers de la Montagne Noire

Arthur Batut French

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Batut merged male and female faces in his study of an insular community of charcoal makers from the Montagne Noire region, in southern France. Using composite portraiture as a genealogical tool, he attempted to demonstrate the physiognomic differences among various communities living in close proximity.

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