Studies for "Classic and Romantic Art"

c. 1921

John Singer Sargent

Associated Names
John Singer Sargent

Artist, American, 1856 - 1925

The image shows a sculpture of a figure with a muscular arm flexed behind its back. In front of the arm, there is a sculpted head of a lioness with rounded ears and pronounced facial features. The sketch is done in pencil, giving it a monochromatic appearance in shades of grey. The material of the sculpture is indeterminate, but the pencil shading creates a textured look. Next to the lioness's head is a detailed sketch of an intricate object resembling a tall, slender pedestal with spherical details. The composition emphasizes the human form on the left side, while the object and the lioness's head add detail on the right side.

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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

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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, pp. 27, 79, fig. 18, no. 61, repro

1999

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

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. 723.

Inscriptions

lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: 11.7.5; lower right corner in graphite by unknown hand: 186 [circled]; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 11.7.5

Watermarks

INGRES / [crest] / CANSON & MONTGOLFIER / FRANCE

Wikidata ID

Q64584045

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