DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Gondoliers (recto and verso)

19th-20th century

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Description

This page is part of a segment of a sketchbook that was previously inserted into the back of 1937.7.25. This sketchbook segment is unrelated to that sketchbook. This page is partially bound with pages 4 and 6.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

16.1 x 24.1 cm (6 5/16 x 9 1/2 in.)

Provenance

To the artist's sisters, Violet (Mrs. Francis) Ormond and Emily Sargent, at his death, 1925; gift of Mrs. Ormond to the Fogg Art Museum, 1937.

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