DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Fortune on Wheel, Study for Frick Building, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

c. 1901 - 1902

Artists

John La FargeArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on off-white cardboard

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

27.6 x 20.2 cm (10 7/8 x 7 15/16 in.)

Provenance

[Scott & Fowles, New York, NY]; sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York 1924, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1942

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