Study for "Frieze of Prophets"
1890-1892
John Singer Sargent
Artist, American, 1856 - 1925
Artwork overview
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Medium
charcoal and white chalk on gray laid paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Francis Ormond, sisters of the artist)
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Dimensions
sheet: 61.91 × 47.63 cm (24 3/8 × 18 3/4 in.)
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Accession Number
2015.19.626
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
1964
The Private World of John Singer Sargent, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts; Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York, 1964-1965, no. 142, repro
1983
John Singer Sargent: Drawings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1983, p. 60, no. 36, 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. 106, no. 698.
1994
Fairbrother, Trevor J. John Singer Sargent. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1994, p. 86.
Inscriptions
lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: 6.193
Watermarks
ED & Co [crest] / PL BAS
Wikidata ID
Q64584018