1929.307: Preliminary Studies of Composition for "Death and Victory," Widener Library, Harvard University; verso: Studies for "Israel and the Law," Boston Public Library

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1929.307

People

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

Title

Preliminary Studies of Composition for "Death and Victory," Widener Library, Harvard University; verso: Studies for "Israel and the Law," Boston Public Library

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1921-1922

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/306424

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on lightweight tan wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 26.2 x 44 cm (10 5/16 x 17 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

To the artist's sisters, Violet (Mrs. Francis) Ormond and Emily Sargent, at his death, 1925; their gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1929.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Francis Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer Sargent

Accession Year

1929

Object Number

1929.307

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), fig. 10 (verso), pp. 7-9

Exhibition History

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

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