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Sketch for Satyr and Maenad - Outline Study - (MFA Rotunda)

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

Medium/Technique Graphite pencil and charcoal on paper
Dimensions Sheet: 24.8 x 21.5 cm (9 3/4 x 8 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 Number28.742
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings

InscriptionsIn graphite l.l.: B.18.77, B.18.77; l.r.: 10.6.1 (Fox number); u.c.: 1/2 scale, (illegible); l.c.: "apex of (illegible), 1/2 (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)