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Decorative Design by John Singer Sargent — VisualArtsDB

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Decorative Design

Decorative Design

John Singer Sargent

Medium: Black ink and graphite on off-white tracing paper
Dimensions: 29.8 x 49.9 cm (11 3/4 x 19 5/8 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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The Honorable Joseph H. Choate

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