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Double-sided Drawing for MFA Stairway Murals: a. (Recto) Sketch for Chiron and Achilles , b.(Verso) Woman's Head
John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)
1921–25
Medium/Technique
a. (Recto): graphite pencil on paper
b. (Verso): charcoal on paper
b. (Verso): charcoal on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 36 x 30.5 cm (14 3/16 x 12 in.)
Credit Line
The Sargent Collection—Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Violet Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer Sargent
Accession Number28.798
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CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsIn graphite a. (Recto) l.l.: B.18.59.A; l.r.: 12.9.2 (Fox number); u.r.: "3 /inches", "height less 3 inches for (illegible) 9-11 1/6, 11-1' "; u.c.: "top"
In charcoal b. (Verso) l.l.: B.18.59.B
In charcoal b. (Verso) l.l.: B.18.59.B
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)