1930.452: Study for Belgium, for "Coming of the Americans," Widener Library, Harvard University

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1930.452

People

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

Title

Study for Belgium, for "Coming of the Americans," Widener Library, Harvard University

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Study of Hand Clasping Sword

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1921-1922

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/306457

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Charcoal on off-white laid paper

Dimensions

47.9 x 63.2 cm (18 7/8 x 24 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: u.l., graphite: (60)
• inscription: l.r., graphite: 16. 1.4
• watermark: L. BERVILLE (FRANCE) / [in script:] Lalanne

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

1930

Object Number

1930.452

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• 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. 77, fig. 14

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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