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The Initiate

20th century

Artists

Seymour SwetzoffArtist

Description

Sheet is mounted to backing mat at all corners; verso cannot be examined 3/01.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black crayon on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 43.4 x 35.7 cm (17 1/16 x 14 1/16 in.)

Provenance

[Frameshop Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts], sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (L. 2091), 1949, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1949.

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