Study of a Draped Figure

1920-1925

John Singer Sargent

Associated Names
John Singer Sargent

Artist, American, 1856 - 1925

The image is a sketch of a human figure, focusing on the lower half of the body. The person is lying down, with the torso slightly twisted and bent knees. The face is not visible, and the hair cannot be seen. The person is draped in a piece of cloth that falls naturally around the body, with one foot partially visible at the lower left of the image. The sketch does not show any jewelry or objects being held. The background is a plain, light beige color.

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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

Associated Names

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. 112, no. 744.

  • 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. 96, no. 82.

Inscriptions

upper left in graphite by unknown hand: 12.6.10; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: S.5.40 / 12.12.10

Watermarks

MICHALLET / FRANCE

Wikidata ID

Q64584082

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