DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Study of a Head

1890-1915

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Charcoal and white chalk on blue laid paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

62.5 × 47 cm (24 5/8 × 18 1/2 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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