Study of a Centrepiece

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Drawing details

Title: Study of a Centrepiece
Date: c.1872-73
Media: Silverpoint on paper
Dimensions: 12.3 x 7.2 cm
Location: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
Picture credit: Courtesy of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Friends of the Fogg Art Museum Fund
Reference number: 1946.35.20 verso
Inscriptions: Inscribed "grn figs stuck all over / with blossoms / [illegible] of [illegible] open at / top" in silverpoint, in the artist's hand.

Description

Page from a sketchbook. Three studies, possibly designs for a a centrepiece for a table. Upper half of sheet: view of the whole object. lower left of sheet: plan of the whole object. Lower right of sheet: possibly a study for the top tier of the centrepiece. 

Provenance

Purchased by the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, from Geoffrey Steele (antiquarian bookseller, c.1907-2000) from his bookshop at RFD 1, Mahopac, New York, in 1946 for $6.00. 

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Related Paintings/Projects

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