Devastated Landscape [verso]

1918

John Singer Sargent

Associated Names
John Singer Sargent

Artist, American, 1856 - 1925

The image shows a rural path with trees on either side. The viewpoint is slightly elevated, overlooking the path. The trees have few branches. In the middle of the sketch, there is a horizon with a line of trees and hills. The pencil strokes are light and there is minimal shading. The color palette is monochromatic, with shades of gray and light brown. The trees in the foreground have bare branches. The landscape gradually fades into the distance with subtle details.

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Artwork overview

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Three vintage trucks are displayed in the image. Each truck is portrayed from the front, with early 20th-century designs featuring notable grilles and rounded headlights. The trucks are shown with coverings on their cargo areas and pencil shading is used to create depth and texture. Some parts of the drawing are more detailed than others, emphasizing specific features such as the grilles and shadows from the tarps.

Trucks [recto]

John Singer Sargent

1918

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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Bibliography

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. 113, no. 748.

  • 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. 99, no. 86.

Wikidata ID

Q64584126

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