Study for "The Crucifixion and Death of Our Lord"
1909-1916
Artist, American, 1856 - 1925

Artwork overview
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Medium
charcoal on laid paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Francis Ormond, sisters of the artist)
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Dimensions
sheet: 62.39 × 48.1 cm (24 9/16 × 18 15/16 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.673
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
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1964
The Private World of John Singer Sargent, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts; Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York, 1964-1965, no. 147
1983
John Singer Sargent: Drawings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1983, p. 60, no. 42, repro
1999
"Sketch Everything and Keep Your Curiosity Fresh": Sargent Drawings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1999
2006
John Singer Sargent: Portraits and Models, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2006
2011
Rodin and America: Influence and Adaptation, 1876-1936, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, California, 2011-2012, p. 177, fig. 120, repro
2025
The Dance of Life: Figure and Imagination in American Art, 1876-1917, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 2024-2025, p. 145, cat. 47 repro.
Bibliography
1967
Gross, Ellen, and James Harithas. Drawings by John Singer Sargent in the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Alhambra, California: Borden, 1967.
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. 107, no. 702.
2024
Mitchell, Mark DeSaussure.The Dance of Life: Figure and Imagination in American Art, 1876-1917. Exh cat. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 2024: cat.47, 133, color repo.
Inscriptions
lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: 6.5.3. / 6.5.3; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 6.5.3; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 6.5.3 / S.6.112
Watermarks
MICHALLET
Wikidata ID
Q64583998