DrawingsAmerican20th century

Man Reading

c. 1905

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Transparent and opaque watercolor and graphite on white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

34.9 × 53.5 cm (13 3/4 × 21 1/16 in.) mat: 63.5 × 76.2 cm (25 × 30 in.) frame: 67.6 × 80.3 × 2.9 cm (26 5/8 × 31 5/8 × 1 1/8 in.)

Provenance

The artist to Scott and Fowles, New York, 1921; purchased by Grenville L. Winthrop, April 3, 1922; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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