DrawingsAmerican20th century

The Charm, from "Tristan and Isolde;" on album leaf: Sketches of Hands

1906

Artists

James CrichtonArtist

Description

A drawing is glued down by its corners to the album leaf.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor, metallic paint and black ink over graphite on cream wove paper; album leaf: 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: 20.7 x 30.7 cm (8 1/8 x 12 1/16 in.) border drawn around image on sheet affixed to album leaf: 19 x 28.9 cm (7 1/2 x 11 3/8 in.)

Provenance

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

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