1897
12.3 x 16.2 cm (4 13/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
Marie Closset (pen name Jean Dominique), gift to May Sarton. given to May Sarton before Closset's death in 1952 May Sarton, gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1964.
Black chalk heightened with white chalk and white gouache on blue wove paper
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