Study for a Border Design

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

The image displays an abstract arrangement of lines and oval shapes. On the left side, there is a circular form with wavy and branching lines inside. Extending to the right, there is a sequence of oval shapes… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Charles Sprague Pearce ¹
Date: 1890/1897 ¹
Medium: black conté crayon on tan wove paper ¹
Original: 5,432 × 1,794 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Borghi

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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A work made of brush and red-brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk, on tan laid paper.

A work made of red chalk, with touches of graphite, on tan laid paper.

This is an image showing several arched panels with various sketches labeled with different subjects. The image features multiple sketches within arched sections on one sheet, some detailed and some as simple lines…

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