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Sketch for the Dancing Figures - One Outline Study - (MFA Rotunda)

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)

1917–21

Medium/Technique Graphite pencil and red pencil on paper

Dimensions Sheet: 30 x 19.5 cm (11 13/16 x 7 11/16 in.)

Credit Line The Sargent Collection—Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Violet Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer Sargent

Accession Number28.769

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsDrawings

InscriptionsIn graphite l.l.: B.18.116; l.r.: 10.2.8 (Fox number); m.l.: "height of panel"; u.r.: "not altered good"

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)