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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.583
People
John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England)
Title
Head of a Young Man
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Head
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1895
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/307947

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk on wood
Dimensions
41.1 x 30.5 cm (16 3/16 x 12 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: verso, black ink: JSS / 6 54 E. P
  • inscription: verso, blue pencil: #5773
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Sargent/Langfield
  • label: back of frame, paper: Scott and Fowles / DEALERS IN HIGH CLASS PAINTINGS / 667 FIFTH AVENUE / NEW YORK

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Singer Sargent [estate sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, Ltd, London, July 24, 1925, no. 77(?)] sold; to [Scott & Fowles, New York],[1] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, 1926, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

[1] The buyer of record, Marshall, served as the agent for Scott & Fowles.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.583
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Catalogue of Pictures and Water Colour Drawings by J. S. Sargent. R. A., auct. cat., Christie, Manson and Woods, Ltd. (London, England, 1925), no. 77?
  • Martin Birnbaum, John Singer Sargent, January 12, 1856-April 15, 1925: A Conversation, William E. Rudge's Sons (New York, NY, 1941), p. 77, repr.

Verification Level

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