Harvard Art Museums > 1937.7.24.1-5: Sketchbook ("1880"): Figural Sketches 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 ("1880"): Figural Sketches (John Singer Sargent) , 1937.7.24.1-5,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/307742. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1937.7.24.1-5 People John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England) Title Sketchbook ("1880"): Figural Sketches Classification Drawings Work Type sketchbook Date c. 1880 - c. 1881 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/307742 Physical Descriptions Medium Sketchbook with beige cloth-covered cardboard covers Dimensions 27.1 x 36.1 x 0.7 cm (10 11/16 x 14 3/16 x 1/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks label: cover of sketchbook, paper, brown ink, graphite, handwritten: [brown ink:] 1890? - Haarlem?; [graphite, different hand:] 1880 / R. L. Ormond inscription: front pastedown, graphite, in artist's hand: [written upside down:] [Curtis?] [ ] at Haarlem. 82.59-- / [Curtis?] left with [me?] 60 guilders for [ ] x [sic-- should be "+"] 10 for paints in Paris-- / [Owes?] me 82.59 - 70 = 12.59 = 25 fr. inscription: back pastedown, graphite, in artist's hand: [upside down from orientation of the book:] [Sinamides?] / Av. du Montagne inscription: back pastedown, graphite: Quanto bene ti volio [sic] / il mio bel Giovanino [= how much I love you, my little boy / pun on the name John?] inscription: back pastedown, l.r., graphite and black ink: [upside down from orientation of book, in black ink:] 5.50 [crossed out in graphite]; [graphite:] 4.50 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 1937.7.24.1-5 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 the remains of cloth ties. Pages of blue, tan, brown, and off-white wove paper. Sewn page block. The sketchbook is incomplete, with four pages remaining. One page, now numbered 5, was inserted later, but was not originally part of this sketchbook. Five drawings.The pages are numbered in red-brown ink in the upper right corners. A great number of pages are missing, including at least three before the first page, one after page one, and several after page four. The page numbered five appears to have been added later, as the paper does not match any other in the book or visible in the binding. Contents: Figure and facial sketches; slight sketch of a crucified Christ, perhaps copied from another artwork; sketch that appears to be a Last Supper scene depicted from a corner of the table. 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, pp. 28-29 Related Works 1937.7.24.4 John Singer Sargent Slight Sketch of Crucified Christ Drawings 1937.7.24.5 John Singer Sargent Sketch of a Studio Interior with Reclining Figure; verso: Sketches of a Spanish Dancer Drawings 1937.7.24.3 John Singer Sargent Sketches of a Woman's Head and Facial Features; verso: Sketch after a Painting (?) Drawings 1937.7.24.2 John Singer Sargent Blank page Drawings 1937.7.24.1 John Singer Sargent Blank page 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