DrawingsAmerican20th century

Studies of Cows

1911

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Description

The page is darkened from contact with the inside of the cover, but a white rectangle has been left where the page was protected by the label on the front pastedown. The page is loose from its binding.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on darkened off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

25.3 x 36.4 cm (9 15/16 x 14 5/16 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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