1943.1117: Study for Crucifix, South End, Sargent Hall, Boston Public Library

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.1117

People

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

Title

Study for Crucifix, South End, Sargent Hall, Boston Public Library

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

relief, sculpture

Date

1899-1900

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/230214

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

111.8 x 76.2 x 8.9 cm (44 x 30 x 3 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Sold at Christie's, London, 1925. Object was no. 67 in Sargent estate sale; purchased from Scott and Fowles by Grenville L.Winthrop, New York, NY, July 9, 1926; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1117

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Elaine Kilmurray and Richard Ormond, John Singer Sargent, exh. cat., Tate Gallery Publishing Limited (London, England, 1998), p. 192, under no. 81
• Nancy Lloyd, "Reconstruction of Sargent's Scale Model for the Crucifix", Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin (Cambridge, MA, Fall 1999 - Winter 2000), vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 58-66, repr. fig. 10, p. 62; det., repr. fig. 12, p. 63; det., repr. fig 8, p. 61
• John Thomas, Redemption Achieved: John Singer Sargent's "Crucifixion of Christ with Adam & Eve" and Its Place in His Work, Twin Books (Wolverhampton, 2017), pp. 18, 39, 41

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