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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1937.7.17.1
People
John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England)
Title
Inscription (recto and verso)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
c. 1902 - c. 1905
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/197743

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
18.4 x 11.5 cm (7 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: u.l., red-brown ink: 1
  • inscription: graphite, in artist's hand: Rouen April 9th / Br[amant?] 2 cachepots £8 / [ ] / [Langlois?] / 1 [cache?]pot / 1 canape fr 1200 / [line crossed out, illegible] / 1 mirror Louis XVI 75 / 2 doors 500 £7/2/2 / 2 red curtains 75 / [Le François?] 1 red brocatelle £8 // Dijon April 11th / [Delmoure?] / 2 barometers fr. 90 / 2 baguettes fr. 9 / 1 faience jardiniere fr 12 / 1 mirror Louis XVI [ ] £5 / Deveaux / 2 frames £9 - 4 / 2 prints // Lyons / Roche / 1 Louis XV frame fr. 325 / 1 [dessin a porte?] 150 / [vase & garland] 10 £ 19 - 8 / [ ] Bonillin / 5 frames / 2 baguettes £8 / Payet / 1 Louis XV frame fr. 100 / Green damask / 100 / 180 £11 / Total 140.
  • inscription: verso, graphite, in artist's hand: £140 / Avignon / M. Valentin / 1 [rep--] Louis XVI fr. 1000 / 1 silver cafetière fr. 170 / £48 / Florian [Arnaud?] / 1 barometer Louis XVI / fr. 330 / 1 pr. applique [ ] / 1 pr. vase sceaux / 120 / 1 [partial? ---] / 1 cadre Louis XVI £32 / L. [Arnaud?] / No. [ ] / 1 portrait / 460 £14 / 94 / 140 / 234

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
1937.7.17.1
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Trevor J. Fairbrother, "Possessions and Props: The Collection of John Singer Sargent", The Magazine Antiques (February 2001), vol. 159, no. 2, pp. 314-323, p. 320, note 21

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