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John Singer Sargent, American
(1856 - 1925)
Study of Flowers and Lanterns; verso: Studies for "Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose;" Comic Heads, 1880 - 1885
Graphite on darkened off-white wove paper
24.7 cm. x 34.6 cm., actual
Fogg Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Francis Ormond, 1937.7.21.11
Marks:
inscription: u.r.c., red-brown ink: 11
Notes:
The studies on the recto are also for "Carnation, Lily..." a painting finished in 1885, now at the Tate Gallery in London. On the verso are also cartoon-like heads.
Provenance:
Sargent, John Singer (Creator). Created 1880 - 1885, 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:
Warren Adelson and Stanley Olson, Sargent at Broadway: The Impressionist Years, exh. cat., Universe/Coe Kerr Gallery (New York, NY, 1986), p. 69, fig. 49; verso: p. 67, fig. 39, all b/w
Elaine Kilmurray and Richard Ormond, John Singer Sargent, exh. cat., Tate Gallery Publishing (London, England, 1998), under no. 33 (11 recto)
Keywords: Botanical