DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Study Sheet from Café L'Avenue

1890-1891

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown and black ink over graphite on cream paper, darkened

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

36.7 x 28.3 cm (14 7/16 x 11 1/8 in.)

Provenance

James Barnes. Cornelia Barnes Rogers. Dr. and Mrs. Somers H. Sturgis, Cambridge, MA, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1980.

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