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Olive Trees, Corfu, 1909. Watercolor and opaque watercolor with scraping and wax resist over graphite on ivory wove paper.
Watercolor and opaque watercolor with scraping and wax resist over graphite on ivory wove paper · 35.6 × 50.8 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Olive Trees, Corfu
- Artist
- John Singer Sargent American, 1856-1925
- Date
- 1909
- Medium
- Watercolor and opaque watercolor with scraping and wax resist over graphite on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- 35.6 × 50.8 cm (14 1/16 × 20 in.)
- Credit line
- Olivia Shaler Swan Memorial Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1856–1925
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.