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Study of a Snake; verso: Three Abstracted Sketches by John Singer Sargent — VisualArtsDB

Study of a Snake; verso: Three Abstracted Sketches

Study of a Snake; verso: Three Abstracted Sketches

John Singer Sargent

1884–1889

Medium: Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions: 9.2 x 16.2 cm (3 5/8 x 6 3/8 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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This page has been cut from the sketchbook and is loose. There is old adhesive on the verso, as if this page was in an album or had previously been adhered to the following page.

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