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The Origin of the World by Gustave Courbet

• APA (7th)

  Courbet, G. (1866). The Origin of the World [Painting]. Musée d"Orsay, Paris, France. https://www.artwiki.art/artworks/gustave-courbet/the-origin-of-the-world

• MLA (9th)

  Courbet, Gustave. The Origin of the World. 1866, Musée d"Orsay, Paris, France. Art History Wiki, https://www.artwiki.art/artworks/gustave-courbet/the-origin-of-the-world. Accessed 2026-05-30.

• Chicago (Notes-Bibliography)

  Gustave Courbet, The Origin of the World, 1866, Musée d"Orsay, Paris, France, https://artwiki.art.

• Harvard

  Courbet, G., 1866. The Origin of the World. [Painting] Musée d"Orsay, Paris, France. Available at: https://www.artwiki.art/artworks/gustave-courbet/the-origin-of-the-world (Accessed: 2026-05-30).

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