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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1931.109
People
John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England)
Title
Three Sketches of a Bodhisattva (Sanchi Torso); verso: Entombment, after a sculpture
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th-20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306515

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite and charcoal on green wove paper; verso: graphite
Dimensions
34.1 × 25.1 cm (13 7/16 × 9 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.l., graphite: J. S. 191

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
1931.109
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Stephanie Herdrich and Helen Barbara Weinberg, American Drawings and Watercolors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: John Singer Sargent, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY, 2000), p. 282, under no. 247

Exhibition History

  • Sargent in the Studio: Drawings, Sketchbooks, and Oil Sketches, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/10/1999 - 09/26/1999
  • John Singer Sargent, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 12/14/2000 - 03/18/2001

Verification Level

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