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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1929.275
People
John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England)
Title
Studies of Figures for "The Danaïdes," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; verso: Study for "Chiron and Achilles," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Six Studies of Figure Carrying Water Jar
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1922-1924
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306632

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Charcoal and graphite on off-white laid paper
Dimensions
47.4 x 61.9 cm (18 11/16 x 24 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: u.r., graphite: 25
  • inscription: l.r., graphite: Reverse, rough pencils for the archers, 12.1.10
  • inscription: u.r. of verso, graphite: S.5.142
  • 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
1929.275
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. 245, under no. 209

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