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Study of a child by Bryson Burroughs

Study of a child

Bryson Burroughs · 1896

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DETAILS
Artist
Bryson Burroughs
Date
1896
Medium
Pastel, charcoal, watercolor, and graphite on dark buff wove paper
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
21 9/16 x 12 1/8 in. (54.8 x 30.8 cm)
Collection
The American Wing
Culture
American
Credit line
Gift of Atherton Curtis, 1936
ART MOVEMENTS
Precisionism
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Bryson Burroughs

American painter and influential curator who championed modern art at the Metropolitan Museum during its formative era

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