A firsthand encounter with Arab life in the desertGustave Achille Guillaumet (1840 1887). Tente faits avec 2 nattes unies et cousues [Arab camp]. Algeria, ca. 1861 1867. Charcoal and white chalk on paper. 29 45 cm. Signed G. Guillaumet lower right. Inscribed by Guillaumet upper right: tente faits avec 2 nattes unies et cousues; on the verso: 6090 bleut sans carte cadre Lundi matin (probably framers notes). This large drawing shows an Arab desert encampment, where a group of figures gather under a low