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Ceiling at Denderah; verso: Two Colossi in the Desert by John Singer Sargent — VisualArtsDB

Ceiling at Denderah; verso: Two Colossi in the Desert

Ceiling at Denderah; verso: Two Colossi in the Desert

John Singer Sargent

1886–1896

Medium: Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions: 34.6 x 25.8 cm (13 5/8 x 10 3/16 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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American

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