1931.77: Sketch of a Choirboy; verso: Crucifixion Sketches, for Boston Public Library

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1931.77

People

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

Title

Sketch of a Choirboy; verso: Crucifixion Sketches, for Boston Public Library

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1893-1903

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/306484

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite and charcoal on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite

Dimensions

actual: 34.7 x 25.2 cm (13 11/16 x 9 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: l.l., graphite: J.S. 99

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, 1931.

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

1931

Object Number

1931.77

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. 194, 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, verso repr., fig. 5, p. 59
• 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. 13, 14, 16, 18, 27, verso repr. p. 16 as illus. 4

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