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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1937.8.118
People
John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England)
Title
Sketches of Spanish Dancers Performing
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Sketches of Dancers Performing
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1879-1882
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/307679

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
29.1 × 23 cm (11 7/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

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
1937.8.118
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Mary Crawford Volk, John Singer Sargent's El Jaleo, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C, 1992), catalogue no. 29, p. 174
  • Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, John Singer Sargent: Portraits of the 1890s, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT and London, England, 2002), p. 25, fig. 43, under no. 237
  • Sarah Cash, Elaine Kilmurray, and Richard Ormond, Sargent & Spain, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC, 2022), cat. no. 50, repr., p. 244

Exhibition History

  • John Singer Sargent's El Jaleo, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 03/01/1992 - 08/02/1992
  • Sargent in the Studio: Drawings, Sketchbooks, and Oil Sketches, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/10/1999 - 09/26/1999
  • Sargent & Spain, National Gallery of Art, 10/02/2022 - 01/02/2023; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, 02/11/2023 - 05/14/2023

Verification Level

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