1922.169: Studies for Soldiers, "Death and Victory," Widener Library, Harvard University

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1922.169

People

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

Title

Studies for Soldiers, "Death and Victory," Widener Library, Harvard University

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Studies for Mortally Wounded Soldier

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1921-1922

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/306140

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Charcoal on off-white laid paper

Dimensions

47.8 x 63.1 cm (18 13/16 x 24 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: graphite, l.r.: John S. Sargent
• 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

1922.169

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• David McKibbin, Sargent's Boston, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, MA, 1956), no. 165, p. 75

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

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