DrawingsAmerican19th century
Study of Flowers; Sketch of a Face
1889
Artists
John Singer SargentArtist
Description
The flowers are drawn with an orientation upside-down from the rest of the sketchbook. The face is sketched in proper orientation.
Dimensions
14.9 x 23.9 cm (5 7/8 x 9 7/16 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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