Camprodón, Spain

c. 1892

John Singer Sargent

Associated Names
John Singer Sargent

Artist, American, 1856 - 1925

This painting shows a street surrounded by tall buildings seen from above. At the bottom of the painting, two indistinct figures are walking along the light gray road. Behind them, the road disappears through a passageway or archway in a tall wall. The buildings on either side of the road are cream, with red roofs and gutters. They have several dark windows and doorways near the street. The sky above the buildings has soft white clouds against a pastel blue background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    transparent and opaque watercolor on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 46.7 × 31.2 cm (18 3/8 × 12 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1970.17.170

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Possibly Emily Sargent, 1925; David Croal Thomson, Barbizon House, London, 1927; (M. Knoedler & Co., London, 15 July 1927); sold November 1954 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 1970.

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Exhibition History

2022

  • Sargent and Spain, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, 2022-2023, no. 65, repro.

Bibliography

1998

  • Ormond, Richard, and Elaine Kilmurray. John Singer Sargent: Figures and Landscapes, 1883-1899. The Complete Paintings, Volume V. New Haven and London, 2010: 273, no. 969, repro.

2022

  • Cash, Sarah, Kilmurray, Elaine, and Ormond, Richard.Sargent & Spain. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 2022-2023: unpaginated, cat. 65.

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite by unknown hand: 200[4?] / on white card / 25 x 19; upper left verso in graphite: not deciphered

Wikidata ID

Q64583989

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