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Study for Ceiling Decoration by John Singer Sargent — VisualArtsDB

Study for Ceiling Decoration

Study for Ceiling Decoration

John Singer Sargent

Medium: Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions: actual: 18.3 x 24.5 cm (7 3/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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