1931.87.B: Woman Carrying Basket, for "Oyster Gatherers of Cancale"

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1931.87.B

People

John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England)

Title

Woman Carrying Basket, for "Oyster Gatherers of Cancale"

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1877

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/310511

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

15 x 9 cm (5 7/8 x 3 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: l.l., graphite: J. S. 218a

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

To the artist's sisters, Violet (Mrs. Francis) Ormond and Emily Sargent, at his death, 1925; their gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1931.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Francis Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer Sargent

Accession Year

1931

Object Number

1931.87.B

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Elaine Kilmurray and Richard Ormond, John Singer Sargent, exh. cat., Tate Gallery Publishing Limited (London, England, 1998), p. 62-66, under no. 2
• Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, John Singer Sargent: Figures and Landscapes, 1874-1882, Yale University Press (New Haven and London, 2006), under no. 670, fig. 58
• Sarah Cash, ed., Sargent and the Sea, exh. cat., Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, DC, 2009), p. 101, fig. 142

Exhibition History

• Sargent and the Sea, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 09/12/2009 - 01/03/2010; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, 02/14/2010 - 05/23/2010; Royal Academy of Arts, London, 07/10/2010 - 09/26/2010

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