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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1937.11.2
People
John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England)
Title
Study for Israel, "Israel and the Law," Boston Public Library; verso: Drapery Study
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing, album page
Date
1903 - 1909
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/198418

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Charcoal on blue laid paper, faded
Dimensions
62 x 47 cm (24 7/16 x 18 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: MICHALLET
  • inscription: center right, charcoal, in artist's hand: Antonio Coia / 63 Ispenley Rd / Hammersmith [Sargent may have been referring to Aspenlea Road]
  • inscription: l.l., red pencil: 2

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
1937.11.2
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pinholes at all corners.

Publication History

  • Sally M. Promey, "Sargent's Truncated Triumph: Art and Religion at the Boston Public Library", The Art Bulletin, College Art Association of America (June 1997), vol. 79, no. 2, pp. 217-250, reproduced in b/w, p. 244, fig. 31
  • Elaine Kilmurray and Richard Ormond, John Singer Sargent, exh. cat., Tate Gallery Publishing Limited (London, England, 1998), p. 201, cat. no 92, repr. in color
  • Sally M. Promey, Painting Religion in Public: John Singer Sargent's "Triumph of Religion" at the Boston Public Library, Princeton University Press (Princeton, NJ, 1999), p. 99, fig. 67
  • 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), cat. no. 3, fig. 16, pp. 7-8

Exhibition History

  • John Singer Sargent, Tate Britain, London, 10/15/1998 - 01/17/1999
  • The Evocative Line: Preparatory Sketches for "Israel and the Law" by John Singer Sargent, Vose Galleries of Boston, Inc., Boston, 09/01/2004 - 10/16/2004

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