Studies for "Entering the War" [recto]

1918

John Singer Sargent

Associated Names
John Singer Sargent

Artist, American, 1856 - 1925

The image shows a pencil sketch of four soldiers walking from left to right. Each soldier is depicted in full-body, with simple outlines and wearing military helmets, uniforms, boots, and carrying backpacks and rifles.

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Artwork overview

Associated Artworks

The image shows a sketch of a tree split and splintered, with detailed jagged lines illustrating its damaged condition. The drawing technique uses light and tentative pencil strokes, with more emphasis on the lines indicating the broken parts of the tree. The faintly suggested horizon features indistinct shapes that could be people or figures. In the background, less defined elements like another tree or structural formation are present. The color palette is monochromatic, using beige paper and gray pencil to create contrast and emphasize the rough texture of the drawing.

Two Shattered Trees; and Study for "The Road" [verso]

John Singer Sargent

1913

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

1926

  • Exhibition of the Works by the Late John S. Sargent, R.A., Royal Academy, London, England, 1926

1979

  • John Singer Sargent in the Edwardian Age, Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, 1979

1983

  • John Singer Sargent: Drawings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1983, p. 97, no. 83, 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. 112, no. 745.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: American; lower left in graphite by unknown hand: J.S.35

Wikidata ID

Q64584056

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