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Study for a Border Design

Charles Sprague Pearce

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a symmetrical pencil sketch with four large leaf-like shapes arranged diagonally across a central horizontal line, with clusters of small circles in between them. The color palette is monochromatic, comprising shades of gray from the pencil on a light beige paper. The leaf-like shapes and circular forms are crisscrossed with several curving and looping lines, and there are three parallel lines running horizontally in the background.

Artwork Details

Date
1890/1897
Medium
graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
5157 × 1648 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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