DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Man Lighting a Fire, Mexico

19th-20th century

Artists

Denman Waldo RossArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 15.8 x 10.6 cm (6 1/4 x 4 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Bequest of the artist to the Fogg Art Museum, 1936.

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