Bent Legs
and Feet, for "Gog and Magog," Boston Public Library
John
Singer Sargent
-- American painter
c. 1895-1916
Fogg Art
Museum
Charcoal on
cream laid
paper
47.3 cm. x
61.9 cm.,
actual
Gift of Miss
Emily Sargent
and Mrs. Francis Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer
Sargent,
1929.306
Marks:
inscription:
u.r., graphite: 2.1.19 A
verso, u.r.,
graphite:
S.4.6 verso, u.r., graphite: 2.1.19
watermark: :
MICHALLET
/ FRANCE
Jpg: Sargent
at Harvard
See
finished mural
Boston
Public Library
Notes:
Provenance:
Created c. 1895-1916, To his
sisters, Emily Sargent and Mrs. Francis Ormond, at his death 1925.
Sargent, Emily, and Mrs. Francis Ormond (Owners). From their brother,
the artist, at his death 1925, Gift to Fogg Art Museum 1929.
Bibliography:
Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Drawing
on
Tradition: The Lost Legacy of Academic Figure Studies, brochure,
Harvard
University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1994), p. 12, no. 45
Exhibition History:
Drawing on Tradition: The Lost Legacy of Academic Figure Studies,
Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/19/1994 - 01/29/1995
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