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DrawingsBritish19th-20th century

"Sphinx with Broken Idol," Illustration for "The Sphinx," by Oscar Wilde

19th-20th century

Artists

Charles RickettsArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink over graphite on cream wove paper

Culture

British

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

30.5 x 23.7 cm (12 x 9 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Charles Ricketts; to [Scott & Fowles, New York, New York (through Martin Birnbaum)], 1923, sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943. NOTE: Provenance information from documents in the curatorial file.

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