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The Nereid, Illustration for "The Sphinx," by Oscar Wilde

19th-20th century

Artists

Charles RickettsArtist
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Brown ink over graphite on cream wove paper
Culture
British
Century
19th-20th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

28.2 x 24.1 cm (11 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Charles Ricketts; to [Scott & Fowles, New York, New York (through Martin Birnbaum)], 1923, sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943. NOTE: Provenance information from documents in the curatorial file.

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