DrawingsAmerican19th century

Madame Gautreau (Madame X)

c. 1883

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

35.5 x 25.2 cm (14 x 9 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Madame Ernest Duez; Sortais, Paris; M. Knoedler and Co., New York; purchased from them by Grenville L. Winthrop through Martin Birnbaum, 1933; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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