1937.7.3.40: Sketch of Girl's Head; Statue of a Female Figure, Draped
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1937.7.3.40
- People
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John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England)
- Title
- Sketch of Girl's Head; Statue of a Female Figure, Draped
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- sketchbook page, drawing
- Date
- 1870 - 1871
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/197883
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Brown ink and wash and graphite on off-white wove paper
- Dimensions
- 23.7 x 36.1 cm (9 5/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: u.r., red-brown ink: 40
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
- 1937.7.3.40
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Girl's head is drawn in graphite; sculpture drawn in brown ink and wash.
Publication History
- Edward J. Nygren, John Singer Sargent: Drawings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (Washington, D.C, 1983), p. 37, under cat. no. 5, note 1
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