DrawingsAmerican20th century

The Phial, from "Tristan and Isolde;" on album leaf: Sketch of a Man and a Woman

1906

Artists

James CrichtonArtist

Description

Another page is glued down by its upper corners to the album leaf.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink, watercolor, and metallic paint over graphite on cream wove paper; album leaf: black ink and graphite

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

album leaf: 24.7 x 35 cm (9 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.) sheet affixed to album leaf: 21.9 x 32 cm (8 5/8 x 12 5/8 in.) border drawn around image on sheet affixed to album leaf: 19.5 x 29.5 cm (7 11/16 x 11 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Elizabeth Crichton Batty, Cambridge, Massachusetts, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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