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Sketch for the Dancing Figures - Study in Outline - (MFA Rotunda)
John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)
1917–21
Medium/Technique
Graphite pencil on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 28.6 x 17.8 cm (11 1/4 x 7 in.)
Credit Line
The Sargent Collection—Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Violet Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer Sargent
Accession Number28.773
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsIn graphite l.l.: K.33; l.r.: 10.2.15 (Fox number); u.r.: " bad foot to be altered, middle figure farther to the left"
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)