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Sketch for The Unveiling of Truth- Figure Wholly Draped (MFA Stairway)

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)
1922–25

Medium/Technique Charcoal and graphite pencil
Dimensions Sheet: 48 x 61 cm (18 7/8 x 24 in.)
Credit Line The Sargent Collection—Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Violet Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer Sargent
Accession Number28.640
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings

InscriptionsL.l. in graphite pencil: S.24 (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)