DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Sketches for Lunettes, Boston Public Library (recto and verso)

1895-1916

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Description

Black ink has been spilled in the upper right quadrant.

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

25.5 x 36.8 cm (10 1/16 x 14 1/2 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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