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Sketch for the Joyful Mysteries - Seated Man, Reaching Upward - Boston Public Library Murals

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)
1903–16

Medium/Technique Charcoal and graphite on blue paper
Dimensions Sheet: 60.5 x 46.5 cm (23 13/16 x 18 5/16 in.)
Credit Line The Sargent Collection—Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Violet Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer Sargent
Accession Number28.593
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings

InscriptionsRecto in graphite pencil:l.r.: 5.6.5 (Fox number)
Verso in graphite pencil: u.l.: S.6.189; 5.7.5; l.l.: 5.7.5
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)