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Study of a Balustrade by John Singer Sargent — VisualArtsDB

Study of a Balustrade

Study of a Balustrade

John Singer Sargent

1906–1913

Medium: Black ink on off-white wove paper
Dimensions: 12.9 x 20.4 cm (5 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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