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DrawingsAmerican20th century

Ceiling Painting, after an Etruscan Tomb at Tarquinia, Italy

by 1927

Artists

Prentice DuellArtist

Description

A strip of paper has been adhered down the center of the sheet, and the design drawn on both sheets.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor and white gouache over graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

68.6 x 52.2 cm (27 x 20 9/16 in.) image: 53.4 x 42.9 cm (21 x 16 7/8 in.) overlaid sheet: 52.3 x 10.3 cm (20 9/16 x 4 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Prentice Duell, Boston, Massachusetts, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1960.

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