DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Study for "Death and Victory" and "Coming of the Americans," with Architectural Framework, Widener Library, Harvard University

1921-1922

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite, charcoal, black ink and white gouache on buff wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

121.4 x 163.3 cm (47 13/16 x 64 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Thomas Fox to Widener Library, Harvard University, 1933 [per inscription on verso]; placed on loan to Fogg Art Museum, 1955, and subsequently transferred to Fogg Art Museum, 1968.

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