1937.11.90: Two Studies of Left Arm for Seated Angel at Right, "Israel and the Law," Boston Public Library

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1937.11.90

People

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

Title

Two Studies of Left Arm for Seated Angel at Right, "Israel and the Law," Boston Public Library

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

album page, drawing

Date

1895 - 1916

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/195527

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Charcoal on blue laid paper

Dimensions

62.2 x 46.7 cm (24 1/2 x 18 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: l.r., red pencil: 90
• watermark: INGRES / FRANCE [with letters JA in oval]
• inscription: l.r., charcoal, in artist's hand: David Bomberg / 20 Tenter Bdgs / St Marks St. E

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

To the artist's sisters, Violet (Mrs. Francis) Ormond and Emily Sargent, at his death, 1925; gift of Mrs. Ormond to the Fogg Art Museum, 1937.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Francis Ormond

Accession Year

1937

Object Number

1937.11.90

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• David McKibbin, Sargent's Boston, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, MA, 1956), p. 110, Check List of Sargent's Portraits
• Mary Crawford Volk, The Evocative Line: Preparatory Sketches for "Israel and the Law" by John Singer Sargent, exh. cat., Vose Galleries of Boston, Inc. (Boston, MA, 2004), fig. 36, pp. 7-8

Related Works

• 1937.11

  John Singer Sargent

  Album; Studies for "Israel and the Law," Boston Public Library

  Drawings

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