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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1922.150
People
John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England)
Title
Study for Hand of Standing Soldier Grasping Bayonet, for "Death and Victory," Widener Library, Harvard University
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Studies of a Hand Grasping a Rifle
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1921-1922
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306083

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Charcoal and graphite on off-white laid paper
Dimensions
22.6 x 48.8 cm (8 7/8 x 19 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.r.: John S. Sargent
  • inscription: in artist's hand: Length of blade and sword handle is recorded in graphite in Sargent's hand.
  • watermark: L. BERVILLE (FRANCE) / [in script:] Lalanne

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift of the artist to the Fogg Art Museum, 1922.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of John Singer Sargent
Accession Year
1922
Object Number
1922.150
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • David McKibbin, Sargent's Boston, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, MA, 1956), no. 163, p. 75
  • Jane Dini, "The Art of Selling War: Sargent's World War I Murals for Harvard University", Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin (Cambridge, MA, Fall 1999 - Winter 2000), vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 67-84, p. 81, fig. 15

Exhibition History

  • Unidentified Exhibition, MFA Boston, 1928, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 10/01/1928 - 07/31/1932
  • Sargent's Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 01/03/1956 - 02/07/1956
  • Sargent in the Studio: Drawings, Sketchbooks, and Oil Sketches, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/10/1999 - 09/26/1999

Verification Level

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