DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Copy after a Ceiling Decoration

19th-20th century

Artists

Paul ChalfinArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor over graphite on gray-brown wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 34 x 38.1 cm (13 3/8 x 15 in.)

Provenance

Gift of the artist to Denman W. Ross; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1936.

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