DrawingsAmerican19th century

Blank page: verso: Studies of a Chair and a Stepstool

1872

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Description

The drawing on the verso is oriented upside down from the rest of the sketchbook.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on tan wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

11.3 x 15.6 cm (4 7/16 x 6 1/8 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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