Study for "The Gates of Hell": Shades Speaking to Dante

Brown wash over graphite on heavy cream wove paper

Black ink on darkened tracing paper, mounted to laid paper

Black crayon over graphite, squared in graphite, on off-white antique laid paper

Red chalk on beige paper

Black chalk on cream wove paper

Charcoal on white wove paper

Watercolor and gouache on prepared (?) wove paper, darkened and faded

Colored chalk on cream modern laid paper

Watercolor and black chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: watercolor and black chalk

Brown ink on tan wove paper

Pastel on cream paper

Graphite and brown wash on cream wove paper