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John Singer Sargent, American
(1856 - 1925)
Study for Seated Figures for "El Jaleo", c. 1882
Oil on canvas
65.3 cm. x 81.3 cm., actual
Fogg Art Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop, 1943.152
Marks:
label: back of canvas, paper, printed and typed: [printed:] Scott & Fowles / 680 Fifth Avenue / (bet. 53rd & 54th Sts.) / New York / Cable Address "Scoles, New York" / [typed:] A study for El Jaleo painted by John S. Sargent / This study was presented by the Painter to his friend Renaudot, the / Paris Sculptor, and was recently disposed of in London by Renaudot's widow 1927
label: back of canvas, paper and black ink, printed and handwritten: [printed:] Scott & Fowles / 680 Fifth Ave / New York / No. [handwritten:] 787
Provenance:
Sargent, John Singer (Creator). Created 1882, Presented to Jules François Gabriel Renaudot.
Renaudot, Jules François Gabriel (Owner). Gift of the artist, To his wife (at his death?).
Renaudot, Mme. (Owner). From her husband (at his death?), Sold at Christie's, London June 24 1927.
Winthrop, Grenville L. (Owner). Purchased through Scott and Fowles 1932, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum 1943.
Bibliography:
Evan Charteris, John Sargent (New York, NY, 1927), p. 282
Charles Merrill Mount, John Singer Sargent, a Biography [1st ed.] (New York, NY, 1955), no. K8223
Richard Ormond, "Sargent's El Jaleo", Fenway Court, p. 15, repr. p. 16 as fig. 14
Richard Ormond, John Singer Sargent: Paintings, Drawings, Watercolors (New York, NY and London, England, 1970), p. 238
David Sellin, American art in the making : preparatory studies for masterpieces of American painting, 1800-1900, exh. cat., Smithsonian Institution Press (Washington DC, 1976), p. 66, repr. p. 68 as fig. 100
John Singer Sargent, His Own Work (New York, NY, 1980), in checklist, unpaginated
Kate F. Jennings, John Singer Sargent (New York, NY, 1991), repr. in b/w, p. 9
Mary Crawford Volk, John Singer Sargent's El Jaleo, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C, 1992), catalogue no. 47, p. 186, repr. in color p. 187
Exhibition History:
For Students of Art and Lovers of Beauty: Highlights from the Collection..., Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/16/2004 - 01/01/1900
Keywords: El Jaleo / Figure studies / Spain