A Corner of the Library in Venice, 1904/1907

Not on View

Medium

watercolor over graphite, with white gouache on thick wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 58.2 × 46.2 cm (22 15/16 × 18 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Ormand/Kilmurray 1143

Accession Number

1970.17.172

Artists / Makers

John Singer Sargent (artist) American, 1856 - 1925

Image Use

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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

Bruce, Ailsa Mellon, Mrs.
Knoedler & Company, M.

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: Adelson, Warren, et. al. Sargent Abroad: Figures and Landscapes. New York, London, Paris, 1997: 199, no. 201.

1997: Venice: From a State to a Myth. Exh. cat. San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, 1997: 272, 386-387, no. 102.

1998: Little, Carl. The Watercolors of John Singer Sargent. Berkeley, 1998: repro. 47.

1998: 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.