A Corner of the Library in Venice
1904/1907
Artist, American, 1856 - 1925
Artwork overview
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Medium
watercolor over graphite, with white gouache on thick wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 58.2 × 46.2 cm (22 15/16 × 18 3/16 in.)
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Accession
1970.17.172
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Catalogue Raisonné
Ormand/Kilmurray 1143
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
the aritst's sale, Christie's London, 24 July 1925, 11; (M. Knoedler & Co., New York); acquired 1954 by Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969]; bequest to National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1984
Venice: The American View, 1860-1920, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1984.
1986
John Singer Sargent, Whitney Museum, New York, 1986.
1997
Venice: From a State to a Myth, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, 1997, no. 102.
2006
The Poetry of Light: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2006, repro., back cover of catalogue.
2014
The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 141.
Bibliography
1984
Lovell, Margaretta M., VENICE: THE AMERICAN VIEW 1860-1920, Fine Arts Museums of SF, 1984: 109-110, no.62.
1997
Venice: From a State to a Myth. Exh. cat. San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, 1997: 272, 386-387, no. 102.
Adelson, Warren, et. al. Sargent Abroad: Figures and Landscapes. New York, London, Paris, 1997: 199, no. 201.
1998
Little, Carl. The Watercolors of John Singer Sargent. Berkeley, 1998: repro. 47.
Ormond, Richard, and Elaine Kilmurray. John Singer Sargent: Venetian Figures and Landscapes, 1893-1913. The Complete Paintings, Volume VI. New Haven and London, 2009: 199, 248, no. 1143, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q64583991