DrawingsAmerican20th century

Sketches of Soldiers in an Open Boxcar; verso: Orpheus and Eurydice, for Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

c. 1915-1918

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite and charcoal

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

25.6 x 35.6 cm (10 1/16 x 14 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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