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Double-sided Drawing for MFA Rotunda Murals: a. (Recto) Sketch for Boys over Cartouches - Three Small Studies, b. (Verso) Architectural Studies

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)
1917–21

Medium/Technique Graphite pencil on paper
Dimensions Sheet: 22.5 x 30 cm (8 7/8 x 11 13/16 in.)
Credit Line The Sargent Collection—Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Violet Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer Sargent
Accession Number28.734
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings

InscriptionsIn graphite: a. (Recto) l.l.: B18.95.B, l.r.: 10.9.23 (Fox number) , b. (Verso) B.18.95.A; l.l.: 9(illegible) = 6(illegible
Provenance1925, upon the artist's death, by inheritance to his sisters, Emily Sargent (b. 1857 - d. 1936) and Violet Sargent Ormond (b. 1870 - d. 1955); 1928, gift of Emily Sargent and Violet Ormond to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1928)