Study for Apollo, "Classic and Romantic Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston mural project

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1942.25
People: John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England)
Title: Study for Apollo, "Classic and Romantic Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston mural project
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Study of a Male Figure, seated, to the Front
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1917-1921
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/307865

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Charcoal and graphite on off-white laid paper

Dimensions

sight: 62.1 x 38 cm (24 7/16 x 14 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: graphite, l.r.: John S. Sargent

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Scott & Fowles, New York; sold to Grenville L. Winthrop, 1924; his gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1942.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886

Accession Year

1942

Object Number

1942.25

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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Publication History

Martin Birnbaum, John Singer Sargent, January 12, 1856-April 15, 1925: A Conversation, William E. Rudge's Sons (New York, NY, 1941), p. 71, repr.

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