
Study for a Border Design
1890/1897
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- black conté crayon on tan wove paper
- Dimensions
- sheet (irregular): 4.9 × 24.4 cm (1 15/16 × 9 5/8 in.) mount: 29.9 × 45.6 cm (11 3/4 × 17 15/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1995.24.58
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
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Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Study for a Border Design — Charles Sprague Pearce. 1890/1897.
Medium: black conté crayon on tan wove paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet (irregular): 4.9 × 24.4 cm (1 15/16 × 9 5/8 in.) mount: 29.9 × 45.6 cm (11 3/4 × 17 15/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1995.24.58. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Borghi.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.
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