Collection Highlights
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931)
Date:
1924
Object Number:
1952.45
Medium:
Patinated plaster on a wooden base
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) at the Easel, Holding a Palette
Object Number:
1935.85.1.94
Date:
c. 1875
Medium:
Graphite with touches of purple colored pencil on ivory paper, formerly mounted on a page of Album 1
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 x 3 15/16 in. (16.8 x 10 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed below on former album page in graphite: "Sargent with palette / He was about 19 years old --"
Description:
Drawing from a bound album with 180 drawings (179 tipped in, one on verso of albumn page) by Beckwith and Sargent.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Provenance:
James Carroll Beckwith; The National Academy of Design, New York
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
