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Simplon Pass: The Tease

(American, 1856–1925)
about 1911
Place DepictedSimplon Pass, Italian-Swiss border
Medium/TechniqueTranslucent and opaque watercolor, with wax resist, over graphite on paper
DimensionsSheet: 40.2 x 52.9 cm (15 13/16 x 20 13/16 in.)
Credit LineThe Hayden Collection—Charles Henry Hayden Fund
Accession number12.216
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsIn iron gall ink, l.r.: John S. Sargent
Provenance1912, sold by the artist, through M. Knoedler and Co., New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 4, 1912)