Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
Prints, Drawings, and Photographs: July 2011–June 2012
Man in a circle (for MFA mural project)
1916–21
John Singer Sargent
Sheet: 47.6 x 47.6 cm (18 3/4 x 18 3/4 in.)
Charcoal on a sheet of cream, medium thick, slightly textured laid paper
Classification: Drawings
Accession number: 2012.15
Provenance/Ownership History: Ignatz M. Gaugengigl, Boston (1855-1930); Oct. 1, 1925 to Edwin Ginn; by inheritence to deceased owner, Marion, MA; gift of the estate (Acquisition Date, January 25, 2012)
Anonymous bequest