Harvard Art Museums > 1937.7.28: Sketchbook: Mural and Figure Studies Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Sketchbook: Mural and Figure Studies (John Singer Sargent) , 1937.7.28,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/307676. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1937.7.28 People John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England) Title Sketchbook: Mural and Figure Studies Classification Drawings Work Type sketchbook Date c. 1916 - c. 1919 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/307676 Physical Descriptions Medium Sketchbook with beige cloth-covered cardboard covers Dimensions 19.2 x 25.7 x 1.2 cm (7 9/16 x 10 1/8 x 1/2 in.) Inscriptions and Marks label: back pastedown, paper, printed: PAPETERIE-LIBRAIRIE / E. MARQUET / 372, rue St. Honoré [label inscribed in black ink: B C] inscription: front pastedown, graphite, in artist's hand: [what appears to be a train schedule-- Reims to Laon, Laon to Amiens, Amiens to London] Provenance Recorded Ownership History To the artist's sisters, Violet (Mrs. Francis) Ormond and Emily Sargent, at his death, 1925; gift of Mrs. Ormond to the Fogg Art Museum, 1937. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Francis Ormond Accession Year 1937 Object Number 1937.7.28 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Sketchbook with beige-cloth-covered cardboard covers; and pencil sleeve. Pages of off-white wove paper. Sewn page block. The sketchbook is incomplete, with 27 pages remaining. Ten drawings. The pages are numbered in red-brown ink in the upper right corners. Pages six through 20R and 21 through 26R are blank, but are still numbered. Contents: Studies for the Boston Public Library: Cherubim design, a study for the panel of "Church" and studies for "Synagogue." Also, figure and head studies; three unidentified portrait sketches and an architectural sketch. Publication History Miriam Stewart and Kerry Schauber, "Catalogue of Sketchbooks and Albums by John Singer Sargent at the Fogg Art Museum", Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin (Cambridge, MA, Fall 1999 - Winter 2000), vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 16-38, p. 31 Related Works 1937.7.28.26 John Singer Sargent Blank page; verso: Cherubim Design, for the Boston Public Library Drawings 1937.7.28.1 John Singer Sargent Architectural Sketch Drawings 1937.7.28.5 John Singer Sargent Study for the Head of the Synagogue, Boston Public Library Drawings 1937.7.28.20 John Singer Sargent Recto blank; verso: Head of a Woman Drawings 1937.7.28.4 John Singer Sargent Studies of Staff Heads and Profile Study, for the Synagogue, Boston Public Library; verso: Three Studies for the Synagogue's Crown Drawings 1937.7.28.3 John Singer Sargent Two Seated Figures Reading; verso: Three Portrait Sketches Drawings 1937.7.28.2 John Singer Sargent Study of Five Figures Drawings 1937.7.28.27 John Singer Sargent Studies for the Church, Boston Public Library Drawings Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
