DrawingsBritish20th century

Lobster on a Plate

c. 1919(?)

Artists

Walter SickertArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk, brown and black ink, with touches of white chalk on dark gray wove paper

Culture

British

Century

20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

26.4 x 38.5 cm (10 3/8 x 15 3/16 in.)

Provenance

[Sotheby's, London, 8 October 1985, lot 38]. [Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd., London, 1988]. Joseph and Ruth Bromberg. [Sotheby's, London, 4 December 2002, lot 32, repr.]. [Agnew's, London, 2004]. Patricia Cornwell, gift; to Harvard Art Museum, 2009

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