DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Study for East Wall, Boston Public Library (Tripartite design: Shrine, Landscape, Shrine); verso: Sketch for an Arch, Boston Public Library

1895-1919

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on dark cream wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 26.3 x 41 cm (10 3/8 x 16 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Francis Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer Sargent (through Thomas A. Fox, Esq.), 1933.

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