DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Study of Female Figure

19th-20th century

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Charcoal on off-white laid paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 62.3 x 47.2 cm (24 1/2 x 18 9/16 in.)

Provenance

To the artist's sisters, Violet (Mrs. Francis) Ormond and Emily Sargent, at his death, 1925; their gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1929.

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