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Sketch for the Unveiling of Truth - (MFA Stairway)

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)

Medium/Technique Graphite pencil on paper
Dimensions Sheet: 31 x 44.3 cm (12 3/16 x 17 7/16 in.)
Credit Line The Sargent Collection—Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Violet Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer Sargent
Accession Number28.817
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings

InscriptionsIn graphite l.l.: illegible but probably 12.3.? (Fox number)
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)