Studies for "Two Classical Male Figures Jumping"

1919-1920

John Singer Sargent

Associated Names
John Singer Sargent

Artist, American, 1856 - 1925

This is a drawing of a grid with overlapping forms. The description of the image reveals a large sheet with two main sections. The top section features a smaller grid containing abstract, organic lines. The lines suggest forms of figures or motion, enclosed by intersecting linear patterns. Below it, a larger grid takes up most of the page, presenting an illustration in simple linework that resembles human figures in a dynamic, forward-moving pose. The larger figure appears to be pulling or reaching toward the smaller one. The drawing overall gives an impression of planning or studying motion or form through the use of grid lines.

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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. 95, no. 81, 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. 743.

Inscriptions

upper left in graphite: 18; lower left in graphite by unknown hand: S.12; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: 13.4.8; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 13.4.8

Watermarks

L. BERVILLE (FRANCE) / Lalanne

Wikidata ID

Q64584081

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