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c. 1921

John Singer Sargent

Associated Names
John Singer Sargent

Artist, American, 1856 - 1925

The image shows a rough sketch of a person from the waist up. The person is depicted sitting or leaning back with their head slightly tilted up. The face has closed eyes or is looking slightly upward with a subtle expression. The hair is shown in simple lines, indicating it is short or slicked back. The person is wearing a sleeveless garment and one arm is crossing over the body, holding a piece of draped fabric or loose clothing around the legs. The sketch does not include any jewelry or additional objects, and the background is plain and unadorned.

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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. 80, no. 62, repro

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. 724.

Inscriptions

lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: 11.3.6; lower right corner in graphite by unknown hand: 173 [circled]; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 11.3.6; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 11.3.6

Watermarks

L. BERVILLE (FRANCE) / Lalanne

Wikidata ID

Q64584079

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