Granada

1912

Emily Sargent

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Emily Sargent

Artist, American, 1857 - 1929

The image shows a garden with a sky visible in the background through an open space. An intricately painted urn is placed on a pillar above a garden wall. The painting technique features soft, fluid brushstrokes typical of watercolor, creating texture and movement in the foliage. The color palette includes vibrant shades of green, blue, and earthy tones contrasting with warmer hues of the wall and pillar. Dark greens of trees and plants contrast with the lighter sky tones. A rusty iron fence adds structure closer to the viewer, and the scene transitions into softer blue hues in the distance.

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Provenance

By descent within the family of Sargent's younger sister, Violet Sargent (Mrs Francis Ormond); gift to NGA, 2020.

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