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Studies for Jewelry Designs [recto]

Beatrix Godwin Whistler

National Gallery of Art

The image displays abstract pencil sketches featuring circular shapes intersected by curving lines and scribbles. Some figures resemble musicians or figures seated on spherical bases. The arrangement of lines and curves adds a sense of flow and movement, with some figures overlapping with a tangled mass of pencil strokes.

Artwork Details

Date
late 19th century
Medium
graphite on an envelope of laid paper
Dimensions
3138 × 4131 px
Public Domain
Yes
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