Study for "Judgment"

1903-1916

John Singer Sargent

Associated Names
John Singer Sargent

Artist, American, 1856 - 1925

The image is a charcoal drawing featuring two intertwined figures. The focus is on their muscular backs and limb extents. The figures' heads are visible but lack detailed facial features, with one figure's head turned away and the other's head partially visible. The drawing captures the figures' nude forms, with no clothing depicted. There are no visible objects or jewelry on either figure. The background is a plain, untextured surface.

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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, p. 68, no. 46, 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. 107, no. 708.

Inscriptions

upper right edge in graphite by unknown hand: B4; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: 2.5.16 B4; upper left in graphite by unknown hand: S.6.47; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 2.5.16; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 2.5.16

Watermarks

MBM (FRANCE) / MBM

Wikidata ID

Q64584029

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