Black and white sketch with a thin black border. The top half depicts a scene with people standing around a large rectangular object. The object has a painting on it. Above the object are three people. Two on the left and right are clothed. One in the center is semi-transparent and surrounded by two semi-transparent cherubs. On the left side is a man wearing a hat. On the right side a man and a woman. A man and woman on far left. A woman on far right. The bottom half of the sketch consists of two headshots, one on left looking right, one on right looking left. The bottom left reads "Robert W Weir." The bottom right reads "THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART 1973." The background of the sketch, and then the image, is white.
Artwork Details
- Medium
- Pen and iron-gall ink on off-white wove paper
- Culture
- American
- Dimensions
- 507 × 624 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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