DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Jaw of a Balaena Mysteretus of Greenland; Balaena Antipodium of New Zealand

19th-20th century

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Description

Two small sketchbook pages have been mounted to a sheet and given one accession number. Each is 9 x c. 15.5 cm.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper mounted on buff paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 20.2 x 16.4 cm (7 15/16 x 6 7/16 in.)

Provenance

To the artist's sisters, Violet (Mrs. Francis) Ormond and Emily Sargent, at his death, 1925; gift of Mrs. Ormond to the Fogg Art Museum, 1937.

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