Swans in the Water

1880-1900

John Singer Sargent

Associated Names
John Singer Sargent

Artist, American, 1856 - 1925

This is a drawing of two swans on the water. The drawing depicts the swans with simple, flowing lines. One swan is shown in a resting position with its wings folded, while the other seems to be preening or stretching its wings. The water is illustrated with light strokes to suggest reflection and movement.

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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

2009

  • John Singer Sargent in the Corcoran Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2009-2010

Bibliography

1927

  • Charteris, Evan. John Sargent. New York: Scribner's, 1927, p. 68.

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. 105, no. 691.

  • 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. 55, no. 29.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite by unknown hand: J.S.19

Wikidata ID

Q64584087

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