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Head and Shoulders of a Male Nude; verso: Scorpion by John Singer Sargent — VisualArtsDB

Head and Shoulders of a Male Nude; verso: Scorpion

Head and Shoulders of a Male Nude; verso: Scorpion

John Singer Sargent

Medium: Graphite on tan wove paper
Dimensions: actual: 15.3 x 31.1 cm (6 x 12 1/4 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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American

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