DrawingsAmerican19th century

Sketch of Man and Woman

1871

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Description

Heavy transfer on the verso of the page indicates that something drawn in soft graphite or other friable medium has been removed from the book. The page is loose.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

10.3 x 17.2 cm (4 1/16 x 6 3/4 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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