DrawingsAmerican20th century

Blank page; verso: Sketch of Column Base with Fluted Shaft

c. 1910

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Description

The sketch on the verso is drawn upside-down from the orientation of the sketchbook.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

12.7 x 17.9 cm (5 x 7 1/16 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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