DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Design for Ornament; verso: Walking Woman with Jar on her Head

c. 1904

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Description

The sketch on the verso of a walking woman is vertically oriented and is slightly drawn.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

12.7 x 18.3 cm (5 x 7 3/16 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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