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John Singer Sargent, American
(1856 - 1925)
Spanish Dancer (male, with hat), 1879-1880
Graphite on off-white wove paper
36.8 cm. x 25.4 cm., actual
Fogg Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Francis Ormond, 1937.8.115
Notes:
Related to "El Jaleo" and Fogg drawing of a male dancer 1937.8.116, as well as 1937.8.2 and 1937.8.12, studies of a male dancer with a group of figures. See also Fogg painted studies for "El Jaleo," 1943.152 and 1943.153. In "Study for Seated Figures, El Jaleo" (1943.152), a version of the figure in this drawing is found at the center of the composition and in "Study for Seated Musicians, El Jaleo" (1943.153), a version of the figure in this drawing is found at the left of the composition. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a related drawing of a male dancer (50.130.137).
Provenance:
Sargent, John Singer (Creator). Created 1879-1880, To his sisters, at his death 1925.
Sargent, Emily, and Mrs. Francis Ormond (Owner). From their brother, the artist, at his death 1925, Gift of Mrs. Ormond to the Fogg Art Museum 1937.
Bibliography:
Mary Crawford Volk, John Singer Sargent's El Jaleo, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C, 1992), catalogue no. 1, p. 130
Stephanie Herdrich and H. Barbara Weinberg, American Drawings and Watercolors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: John Singer Sargent (New York, NY, 2000), p. 163, under no. 138
Exhibition History:
John Singer Sargent's El Jaleo, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 03/01/1992 - 08/02/1992
John Singer Sargent, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 12/14/2000 - 03/18/2001
Keywords: El Jaleo / Figure studies / Spain