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Olive Trees, Corfu

A work made of watercolor and opaque watercolor with scraping and wax resist over graphite on ivory wove paper.
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  • A work made of watercolor and opaque watercolor with scraping and wax resist over graphite on ivory wove paper.

Date:

1909

Artist:

John Singer Sargent
American, 1856-1925

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

John Singer Sargent

Title

Olive Trees, Corfu

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1909

Medium

Watercolor and opaque watercolor with scraping and wax resist over graphite on ivory wove paper

Inscriptions

Signed recto, along lower right margin in pen and black ink: "John S. Sargent, Corfu"

Dimensions

35.6 × 50.8 cm (14 1/16 × 20 in.)

Credit Line

Olivia Shaler Swan Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1933.505

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