1937.11.14: Elbow, Knee and Drapery for the Law, "Israel and the Law," Boston Public Library

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1937.11.14

People

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

Title

Elbow, Knee and Drapery for the Law, "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/198554

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Charcoal on cream laid paper

Dimensions

48.2 x 63 cm (19 x 24 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: l.l., red pencil: 14
• watermark: [circle with design of caduceus and anchor] / FRANCE

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

1937.11.14

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• 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. 4, fig. 19, pp. 7-8

Exhibition History

• Sargent in the Studio: Drawings, Sketchbooks, and Oil Sketches, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/10/1999 - 09/26/1999
• 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

Related Works

• 1937.11

  John Singer Sargent

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

  Drawings

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