Ponte Panada, Fondamenta Nuove, Venice

c. 1880

John Singer Sargent

Artist, American, 1856 - 1925

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of Henry Schlesinger; Mrs. A. H. Berly; (Christie's, New York, March 3, 1913, lot 34); (Colnaghi and Obach, New York, 1913); (Robinson and Farr, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1913); (Macbeth Galleries, New York); Mabel Stevens Smithers, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1925; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1952; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1881

  • The Salon, Paris, France, 1881, no. 3413 (or 3414), as "Vue de Venise"

1925

  • [exhibition title unknown], Macbeth Galleries, New York, 1925, no. 19, as "Canal Scene, Venice"

1983

  • John Singer Sargent: Drawings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1983, p. 53, no. 25, repro

1999

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

2003

  • Whistler and His Circle in Venice, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2003

2009

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

Bibliography

1980

  • Adelson, Warren. John Singer Sargent: His Own Work. New York: Coe Kerr Gallery, 1980, as "Gondola on Canal".

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. 687.

1991

  • Honour, Hugh, and John Fleming. The Venetian Hours of Henry James, Whistler, and Sargent. London: Walker Books, 1991, p. 60.

Inscriptions

lower left in brown watercolor: John S. Sargent; center verso in blue pencil by unknown hand: MK 905; center verso in graphite: No 1/SS-6S (strikethrough) / No 4 15 Cen de Marge (strikethrough)

Wikidata ID

Q64584093

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