DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Isadora Duncan (1877-1927)

19th-20th century

Artists

Abraham WalkowitzArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink over graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 35.6 x 21.6 cm (14 x 8 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Schapiro, New York, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1967.

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