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Sketch for the Constellations - (Widener Library)

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)

Medium/Technique Graphite pencil on paper
Dimensions Sheet: 30.2 x 24 cm (11 7/8 x 9 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 Number28.806
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings

InscriptionsGraphite: Recto: l.r.: 16.3.3; u.l.: S.48; Verso: l.r.: (?) "constellations"
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)