DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Decorative Design

19th-20th century

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Description

The drawing is affixed to the recto of the page. The sheet is creased where it was previously folded in half.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite and black and blue watercolor on off-white wove graph paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

45.8 x 32 cm (18 1/16 x 12 5/8 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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