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Double-sided Drawing for MFA Rotunda Murals: a. (Recto) Sketch for the Dancing Figures, b. (Verso) Sketch of an Arch

Double-sided Drawing for MFA Rotunda Murals: a. (Recto) Sketch for the Dancing Figures, b. (Verso) Sketch of an Arch

(American, 1856–1925)
1917–21
Medium/TechniqueGraphite pencil and pen and ink on paper
DimensionsSheet: 22.5 x 30 cm (8 7/8 x 11 13/16 in.)
Credit LineThe Sargent Collection—Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Violet Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer Sargent
Accession number28.768
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsIn graphite l.l.: B.18.14.A; l.r.: 10.2.6 (Fox number)
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)