Studies for "Two Classical Male Figures Wrestling"

1919-1920

John Singer Sargent

Associated Names
John Singer Sargent

Artist, American, 1856 - 1925

The image features a sketch of two male torsos. The top figure is shown from the back with emphasis on the muscular structure and broad shoulders, along with a suggestion of short hair. The lower figure is depicted in a side view from the waist up, highlighting the torso and arms. The lower figure's hand is shown gripping the wrist of the upper figure. Both figures are nude, and the sketch uses contours and shadows for detail. The background is plain, and the paper appears slightly aged.

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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

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. 112, no. 742.

  • Nygren, Edward J. John Singer Sargent: Drawings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983, p. 94, no. 80.

Inscriptions

lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: 13.2.5.; upper right in graphite by unknown hand: 13.2.5; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 13.2.5; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: S.5.209 / 13.2.5

Watermarks

MICHALLET / FRANCE

Wikidata ID

Q64584050

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