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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.585
People
John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England)
Title
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
April 29, 1896
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308062

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white paper
Dimensions
actual: 25.3 x 18.4 cm (9 15/16 x 7 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l r.: John S. Sargent / 29 April 1896
  • inscription: l.r., graphite, in artist's hand: John S. Sargent/ 29 April 1896/ To Mrs. Maddison

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mrs. Maddison; purchased by Grenville L. Winthrop through Martin Birnbaum, 1928; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.585
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Copley Society, Catalogue of Paintings and Sketches by John S. Sargent, R. A., exh. cat. (Boston, MA, 1899), p. 23, no. 98 or 99
  • Alfred Lys Baldry, "The Art of J. S. Sargent, R.A. Part I", The Studio (February 1900), vol. 19, no. 83, pp. 3 21, repr.
  • Alfred Lys Baldry, "The Art of J.S. Sargent, R.A., Part I", The International Studio (March 1900), X, no. 37, pp. 3-21, repr. p. 7
  • David McKibbin, Sargent's Boston, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, MA, 1956), p. 95, Check List of Sargent's Portraits
  • [Reproduction only], Complete Works of Gabriel Fauré, Golden Crest Laboratory Series (1961)., CR 4030, reproduced on the cover of the record album
  • Emile Vuillermoz, Gabriel Fauré, Chilton Book Company (Philadelphia, PA, 1969), repr. frontispiece
  • Robert Orledge, Gabriel Fauré, Eulenberg Books (London, England, 1979), repr.
  • James Lomax and Richard Ormond, John Singer Sargent and the Edwardian Age, exh. cat., Leeds Art Gallery (Leeds, England, 1979), p. 74, under cat. 57
  • Edward J. Nygren, John Singer Sargent: Drawings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (Washington, D.C, 1983), p. 56, under no. 31
  • Trevor J. Fairbrother, Sargent Portrait Drawings: 42 Works by John Singer Sargent, Dover Publications Inc. (New York, NY, 1983), cat. 10
  • Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, Fauré Concert Program, Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, brochure (Cambridge, MA, March 29, 1987), repr. on cover
  • Jean Michel Nectoux, Gabriel Fauré: A Musical Life, Cambridge University Press (New York, NY, 1991), repr. on book jacket
  • [Reproduction only], Requiem, Op. 48, J. Hamelle & Cie Editeurs (Paris, 1994)., repr. on cover
  • Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, John Singer Sargent: The Early Portraits, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT and London, England, 1998), under no. 157, pp. 160-161
  • Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, Sargent: Portraits of Artists and Friends, exh. cat., National Portrait Gallery (London, 2015), p. 136

Exhibition History

  • Sargent Loan Exhibition, Copley Hall, Boston, 02/20/1899 - 03/13/1899

Verification Level

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