Harvard Art Museums > 1937.9.24: Male Nude Seen from Behind, Arm Raised Over Head 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"Male Nude Seen from Behind, Arm Raised Over Head (John Singer Sargent) , 1937.9.24,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/310506. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1937.9.24 People John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England) Title Male Nude Seen from Behind, Arm Raised Over Head Classification Drawings Work Type drawing, album page Date c. 1890 - 1915 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/310506 Physical Descriptions Medium Charcoal on off-white laid paper Dimensions actual: 61.8 x 48.3 cm (24 5/16 x 19 in.) Inscriptions and Marks watermark: MICHALLET / FRANCE 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 1937.9.24 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. Publication History Trevor J. Fairbrother, "A Private Album: John Singer Sargent's Studies of Nude Male Models", Arts Magazine (December 1981), vol. LVI, no. 4, p. 71, fig. 3 Improper Bostonians, Beacon Press (Boston, MA, 1998), repr. in b/w, p. 91 John Esten, John Singer Sargent: The Male Nudes, Universe Press (New York, NY, 1999), reproduced in b/w p. 25 Brian Dale, "John Singer Sargent: The Male Nudes", The Art Book (January 2000), vol. 7, repr. p. 59 Trevor J. Fairbrother, John Singer Sargent: The Sensualist, exh. cat., Seattle Art Museum/Yale University Press (Seattle, WA and New Haven, CT, 2000), repr. as Folio 24, following p. 180 Nancy Hall-Duncan and William H. Gerdts, The Great American Nude, exh. cat., Bruce Museum (Greenwich, CT, 2002), pp. 16, 20, fig. 17 (color), p. 67 (checklist) Chloe Sharpe, "Painting photographed sculpture: John Singer Sargent's Spanish photographs and the Boston Public Library murals", Sculpture Journal (January 2017), 26, pp. 175-192 Exhibition History John Singer Sargent, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 12/14/2000 - 03/18/2001 The Great American Nude, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, 06/15/2002 - 09/08/2002 Related Works 1937.9 John Singer Sargent Album of Figure Studies 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
