Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
Prints, Drawings, and Photographs: July 2011–June 2012
Seated Man (in Roundel)
1916–21
John Singer Sargent
Sheet: 47.6 x 47.6 cm (18 3/4 x 18 3/4 in.)
Framed [incoming]: 62.3 x 62.3 cm (24 1/2 x 24 1/2 in.)
Sight [incoming]: 45 x 45.5 cm (17 11/16 x 17 15/16 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