Studies for "Gassed"

1918-1919

John Singer Sargent

Associated Names
John Singer Sargent

Artist, American, 1856 - 1925

The image features three military figures sketched in detail on the left side. The figures are standing close together and facing slightly left. The leftmost figure wears a soldier's hat and is holding the central figure, who wears a long coat and an officer's hat. The central figure, wearing a helmet and holding a rifle, supports the leftmost figure and has their right hand on the third figure on their right. Detailed hand sketches occupy the right side of the image. The drawing is done in charcoal or pencil 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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1928

  • Exhibition of Drawings by John Singer Sargent, Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, 1928

1983

  • John Singer Sargent: Drawings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1983, p. 100, no. 97, repro

1999

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

2000

  • John Singer Sargent, Seattle Art Museum, Washington, 2000-2001

2018

  • Sargent "Gassed", National Museum of Health and Medicine, Silver Spring, Maryland, 24 May - 31 Jul 2018, unnumbered catalogue.

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. 115, no. 759.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite by unknown hand: J.S.308

Watermarks

MICHALLET / FRANCE

Wikidata ID

Q64584112

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