Study for "Shoeing Calvary Horses at the Front" [verso]

1918

John Singer Sargent

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John Singer Sargent

Artist, American, 1856 - 1925

The image shows abstract pencil lines and shapes on a blank background. Most of the drawing is on the right side of the paper. The lines suggest a person bending over. The sketch is minimalistic with sparse lines, giving an abstract quality to the representation. The figure resembles a human form with lack of detail and simplicity of lines emphasizing the abstract nature of the artwork.

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Artwork overview

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This is a drawing of horses in various standing positions. The sketch depicts outlines of horses captured in motion, rendered with swift pencil lines. The drawing is minimalistic in its approach, providing an impression of the horses’ anatomy without delving into intricate details.

Studies for "Shoeing Calvary Horses at the Front" [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

  • 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, pp. 104-105, no. 92.

  • 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. 114, no. 754.

Inscriptions

lower center in graphite by unknown hand: J. S.. 45a

Wikidata ID

Q64584129

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