1943.1815.20.24.A: Two Portrait Heads; Legs, after Carpeaux (?); Classical Figure with Snake

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.1815.20.24.A

People

John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England)

Title

Two Portrait Heads; Legs, after Carpeaux (?); Classical Figure with Snake

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing, album page

Date

1906 - 1913

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/195059

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

25.6 x 20.4 cm (10 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

David Murray, London, sold; [through Christie’s, London, May 28, 1934, lot 2], sold; [to Martin Birnbaum], gift; to Grenville L. Winthrop, 1935, bequeathed; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

A number of the drawings in this album were given to Murray (a Scottish landscape painter and Royal Academician, 1849-1933) by Sargent. Murray lived at 1A Langham Chambers, Portland Place, London.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1815.20.24.A

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

The sketch was made on Royal Academy letterhead; in red, it is printed "Royal Academy of Arts / London, W. / 19__" The work was drawn on half of a folded sheet, but mounted here unfolded.

Related Works

• 1943.1815.20

  John Singer Sargent

  Murray Album

  Drawings

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