Studies of a Male Nude | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1929.271
People: John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England)
Title: Studies of a Male Nude
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Study of Nude Youth
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 19th-20th century
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/306553

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Charcoal and graphite on off-white laid paper

Dimensions

47.8 x 63 cm (18 13/16 x 24 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

watermark: MICHALLET / FRANCE

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: 1929.271
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Patricia Hills, "A Portfolio of Drawings", exh. cat., ed. Patricia Hills, Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY, 1986), p. 263, fig. 235
Melinda Linderer, "Sargent's Legacy: An American Inheritance", Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin (Cambridge, MA, Fall 1999 - Winter 2000), vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 7-11, p. 9, fig. 3

Verification Level

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