DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Composition Study

19th-20th century

Artists

Charles Lewis FoxArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on off-white modern laid paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

18.8 x 22.9 cm (7 3/8 x 9 in.) image within border: 27 x 36.6 cm (10 5/8 x 14 7/16 in.)

Provenance

[Childs Gallery, Boston] sold; to Vermeer Associates, Limited, 1980, sold; Harvard University Art Museums, 1985

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