DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Two Landscape Sketches, Italy

19th-20th century

Artists

Denman Waldo RossArtist

Description

The upper sketch is watercolor; the lower is graphite.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 35.6 x 25.5 cm (14 x 10 1/16 in.)

Provenance

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

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