Study
for "Synagogue"
John Singer
Sargent
-- American painter
c. 1916 - c.
1919
Fogg Art
Museum
Charcoal on
tan wove
paper, squared
76.5 cm. x
53 cm.
Gift of Miss
Emily Sargent
and Mrs. Francis Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer
Sargent,
1931.68
Marks: l.l.,
graphite:
S.6.213
Jpg: Harvard
University Art Museums
Synagogue
East
Wall: Synagogue
1919
Boston
Public Library
Notes:
Provenance
Sargent, John Singer
(Creator).
Created 1916-1919, 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 1931.
Bibliography
Elaine Kilmurray and Richard
Ormond,
John Singer Sargent, exh. cat., Tate Gallery Publishing (London,
England,
1998), p. 205, cat. no 97, repr. in color p. 206
Sally Promey, "Sargent's
Truncated
Triumph: Art and Religion at the Boston Public Library", The Art
Bulletin,
June 1997, p. 244; reproduced in b/w fig. 36
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