DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Carrara Mountains, Italy

19th-20th century

Artists

Denman Waldo RossArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 24.8 x 35.2 cm (9 3/4 x 13 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Bequest of the artist to the Fogg Art Museum, 1936.

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