Tamara Karsavina in the Title Role of "Thamar"
DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Tamara Karsavina in the Title Role of "Thamar"

c. 1911-1912

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Charcoal heightened with white chalk on white paper
Culture
American
Century
19th-20th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

59.7 × 45.2 cm (23 1/2 × 17 13/16 in.) frame: 88.9 × 67.3 cm (35 × 26 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Lady Ripon; [Scott & Fowles, New York], sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, 1924, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1942.

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