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Double-sided Drawing : a. (Recto) Sketch of a Turkish woman b. (Verso) Veiled Women

(American, 1856–1925)
Medium/Techniquea. (Recto): charcoal on paper b. (Verso): charcoal and graphite pencil
DimensionsSheet: 35 x 25.2 cm (13 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit LineThe Sargent Collection—Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Violet Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer Sargent
Accession number28.936
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
Inscriptionsa.(Recto) Graphite: l.l.: "Tie Rev."; b. (Verso) graphite: l.l.: J.S.92
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)