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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1984.625
People
John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England)
Title
Henry Lee Higginson
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1911
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/309302

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Charcoal on off-white laid paper
Dimensions
62.4 x 48.2 cm (24 9/16 x 19 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: charcoal, l.r.: John S. Sargent
  • inscription: l.r., charcoal, in artist's hand: To my friend Henry L. Higginson
  • watermark: MICHALLET / FRANCE

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Alexander Henry Higginson, by descent; to Cecile Higginson Murphy, Boston, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1984

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Cecile Higginson Murphy
Accession Year
1984
Object Number
1984.625
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Bliss Perry, Life and Letters of Henry Lee Higginson, Atlantic Monthly Press (Boston, MA, 1921), repr. opp. p. 480
  • David McKibbin, Sargent's Boston, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, MA, 1956), p. 102, Check List of Sargent's Portraits
  • Richard Dyer, "Now Playing" [Boston Symphony Hall Centennial], The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine (October 8, 2000), ill. p. 22
  • Richard Ormond, John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Charcoal, exh. cat., National Portrait Gallery and The Morgan Library & Museum (New York, 2019), cat. no. 26, repr.

Exhibition History

  • John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Charcoal, The Morgan Library & Museum, 10/04/2019 - 01/12/2020; National Portrait Gallery, Washington, 02/28/2020 - 05/31/2020

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