Cairo

c. 1891

John Singer Sargent

Associated Names
John Singer Sargent

Artist, American, 1856 - 1925

This painting shows a sloping wall made of large stones on the right, leading up past the top of the painting. On the left side, a mosque with two minarets is silhouetted against a bright sky in the distance, surrounded by more buildings. The ground and stones are in shades of gray, cream, pale brown, and pale pink, with dark blue shadows. The scene is depicted using loose, fluid brushstrokes.

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 25.4 × 35.5 cm (10 × 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.93.7

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Emily Sargent, 1925; Violet Sargent (Mrs. Francis Ormond), 1936; her daughter Reine Ormond (Mrs. Hugo Pitman), 1955; Pawsey & Payne, London; Sotheby's, London, 13 December 1961, lot 67, bt. Sir G. McKinnon, as 'Bethlehem'; Albany Gallery, London, 1967; Hugh Ransom, London; Brian Sewell, London; Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, c. 1972; bequest to NGA, 2008.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2012, 138-139, no. 59 (entry by Josephine Rodgers).

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: John S Sargent / Cairo; upper left verso in pen and black ink by unknown hand: 150 Cairo / J.S.S. signed / E.S.; upper right verso in red crayon by unknown hand: 6/37; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: (3)

Wikidata ID

Q64584004

You may be interested in

Loading Results