DrawingsAmerican19th century

Faint Study for "Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose"

1885

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Description

Study is drawn upside down from book's orientation.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Charcoal on darkened blue wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

24.7 x 34.6 cm (9 3/4 x 13 5/8 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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