Sketchbook (Italy and France)
DrawingsAmerican20th century

Sketchbook (Italy and France)

1988

Artists

Elena PrenticeArtist

Description

Sketchbook with black fabric-covered cardboard covers, held together by two metal rings. The pages are of stiff cream wove paper, without a perforated edge. Eighteen drawings, although some pages may have been removed. The drawings are dated in graphite in the lower right corner. There are no drawings on the verso of the sheets. All the drawings are executed in watercolor, and depict landscapes.

Classification
Drawings
Medium
Sketchbook with black fabric-covered cardboard covers, held by two metal rings
Culture
American
Century
20th century
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

12 x 18 cm (4 3/4 x 7 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Elena Prentice, Tangier, Morocco, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2004.

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