Studies for "Gassed"

1918-1919

John Singer Sargent

Associated Names
John Singer Sargent

Artist, American, 1856 - 1925

The image shows sketches of three figures of soldiers in different poses. The first figure in the upper left corner is depicted lying on their front with one knee bent. The second figure above center is also lying on their front, with a helmet outlined. The third figure in the bottom left is shown lying on their back, dressed in military gear with a rifle next to them. The sketches are done in sepia tones on a plain background.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Violet Sargent Ormond (sisters of the artist), Surrey, England; National Gallery (now known as the Smithsonian American Art Museum), Washington, DC, 1929, left in storage at the Corcoran Gallery of Art; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1949; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

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Exhibition History

1999

  • "Sketch Everything and Keep Your Curiosity Fresh": Sargent Drawings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1999

Bibliography

1967

  • Gross, Ellen, and James Harithas. Drawings by John Singer Sargent in the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Alhambra, California: Borden, 1967.

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 114, no. 757.

  • Nygren, Edward J. John Singer Sargent: Drawings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983, p. 108, no. 95.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite by unknown hand: J.S.311.

Watermarks

MICHALLET / FRANCE

Wikidata ID

Q64584012

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