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John Singer Sargent, American
(1856 - 1925)
Study for Seated Musicians for "El Jaleo", c. 1882
Oil on canvas
61.3 cm. x 81.1 cm., actual
Fogg Art Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop, 1943.153
Notes:
The Fogg owns a number of drawings by Sargent relating to this theme, including 1937.8.2, 1937.8.12 (pen and wash sketches of dancer with seated figures), and 1937.8.22, a version of the figure at the left of this composition. The finished mural is at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston.
Provenance:
Sargent, John Singer (Creator). Created c. 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 to Leslie at Christie's, London June 24 1927.
Leslie (Owner). Purchased at Christie's, London Jun 24 1927.
Milne (or Mulne?) (Owner). Purchased at Christie's, London Dec 9 1929.
Gooden & Fox (Dealer). Purchased at Christie's, London Jun 27 1931.
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
Martin Birnbaum, John Singer Sargent, January 12, 1856-April 15, 1925; a conversation piece (New York, NY, 1941), p. 57, repr. in b/w
Charles Merrill Mount, John Singer Sargent, a Biography [1st ed.] (New York, NY, 1955), no. K8222
Richard Ormond, "Sargent's El Jaleo", Fenway Court, p. 15
Richard Ormond, John Singer Sargent: Paintings, Drawings, Watercolors (New York, NY and London, England, 1970), p. 238
American Art at Harvard, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1972), No. 115, repr.
John Singer Sargent, His Own Work (New York, NY, 1980), in checklist, unpaginated
Mary Crawford Volk, John Singer Sargent's El Jaleo, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C, 1992), catalogue no. 48, p. 188, reproduced in color p. 189
Exhibition History:
American Art at Harvard, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1972 - 06/18/1972
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