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Sketch for Reliefs - Youth and Head (MFA Stairway)

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)

1921–25

Medium/Technique Charcoal and graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions Sheet: 63 x 47.8 cm (24 13/16 x 18 13/16 in.)

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

Accession Number28.690

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsDrawings

InscriptionsL. r. in graphite pencil: 13.3.4 (Fox number); u. r. in graphite pencil: 28.690
Verso in graphite pencil: l. l. & l. r. : 13.3.4; u. r. : S.5.214

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)