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Bent Legs and Feet, for "Gog and Magog," Boston Public Library
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To the artist's sisters Violet (Mrs. Francis) Ormond and Emily Sargent at his death 1925; their gift to the Fogg Art Museum 1929.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Francis Ormond in memory of their brother John Singer Sargent
Title: Bent Legs and Feet, for "Gog and Magog," Boston Public Library
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