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Study of Hands Clasped Around a Knee by John Singer Sargent — VisualArtsDB

Study of Hands Clasped Around a Knee

Study of Hands Clasped Around a Knee

John Singer Sargent

Medium: Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions: actual: 15.6 x 22.7 cm (6 1/8 x 8 15/16 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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