Hintersee, Germany

1871

John Singer Sargent

Associated Names
John Singer Sargent

Artist, American, 1856 - 1925

This image shows a pencil sketch of a natural landscape with rocky formations and vegetation. There are two main areas: one with large boulders and lush plants to the upper left, and another with detailed bushes and trees to the lower right. The artist uses soft strokes, cross-hatching, and shading to depict texture and shadows. The drawing is done in graphite monochrome, emphasizing the shapes and forms of the landscape. The artwork is signed "Hintersee Aug, 1879" in the lower left corner, and the horizon is not shown in the composition.

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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

1983

  • John Singer Sargent: Drawings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1983, p. 38, no. 6, repro

1999

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

2009

  • John Singer Sargent in the Corcoran Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2009-2010

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. 102, no. 668.

Inscriptions

center left in graphite: Hintersee / Aug. 1871.; lower left in graphite by unknown hand: J.S.258

Wikidata ID

Q64584036

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