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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1937.8.17
People
John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England)
Title
Jaw of a Balaena Mysteretus of Greenland; Balaena Antipodium of New Zealand
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th-20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/310182

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper mounted on buff paper
Dimensions
actual: 20.2 x 16.4 cm (7 15/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: u.l., graphite, in artist's hand: Balaena Mysteretus of Greenland
  • inscription: l.l., graphite: J. S. 354
  • inscription: u.r., graphite: Balaena Antipodium of New Zealand
  • inscription: l.l., graphite: J. S. 354a

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
To the artist's sisters, Violet (Mrs. Francis) Ormond and Emily Sargent, at his death, 1925; gift of Mrs. Ormond to the Fogg Art Museum, 1937.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Francis Ormond
Accession Year
1937
Object Number
1937.8.17
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Two small sketchbook pages have been mounted to a sheet and given one accession number. Each is 9 x c. 15.5 cm.

Verification Level

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