Tracing of a Border Design

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

The image shows elongated leaf-like shapes aligned vertically on the page, with round circle-like forms at the top and bottom sections. There are curving wave-like lines at the edges, creating an abstract pattern… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Charles Sprague Pearce ¹
Date: 1890/1897 ¹
Medium: graphite on yellow tracing paper ¹
Original: 2,544 × 5,471 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Borghi

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