DrawingsBritish20th century

Cirque Medrano

1906-1907

Artists

Walter SickertArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk, black ink, white and orange chalk, squared in red ink, on brown wove paper

Culture

British

Century

20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

30.5 x 24.7 cm (12 x 9 3/4 in.)

Provenance

[Phillips, London, May 10, 1994, lot 98, repr.]. Johnnie Shand-Kydd, sold Feb. 17, 2000; to [The Fine Art Society, London] sold; to Patricia Cornwell, June 2001, gift; to Harvard Art Museum, 2009

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