Study for "Classic and Romantic Art"

c. 1921

John Singer Sargent

Associated Names
John Singer Sargent

Artist, American, 1856 - 1925

The image displays an oval-shaped drawing of a scene with multiple figures. The central figure, a male, stands on a platform with one leg raised and strikes a pose with one hand on his hip. He has curly hair and his facial features are not distinct. To the left, another male figure faces a satyr-like creature with goat features. On the right, two figures face each other in conversation. The setting is classical with a rounded structure, and the background has shaded, swirling lines suggesting motion.

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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

1955

  • The Drawings of John Singer Sargent from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Traveling Exhibition Program, 1955-1970

1983

  • John Singer Sargent: Drawings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1983, pp. 24, 78, fig. 13, no. 59, repro

1999

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

2006

  • John Singer Sargent: Portraits and Models, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2006

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. 109, no. 721.

Inscriptions

lower center in graphite by unknown hand: 11.7.17; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: B.18.39

Wikidata ID

Q64584016

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