DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Three Sketches of a Bodhisattva (Sanchi Torso); verso: Entombment, after a sculpture

19th-20th century

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite and charcoal on green wove paper; verso: graphite

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

34.1 × 25.1 cm (13 7/16 × 9 7/8 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, 1931.

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