Collection Highlights
Kerchief
Date:
1776-1777
Object Number:
1952.63
Medium:
Linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) and Eugène Lachaise (1857-1925) Fishing in a Boat at Saint-Germain au Mont d'Or; verso: variant of the same composition and study of a bust-length figure
Object Number:
1935.85.2.261
Date:
1874-77
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper, formerly mounted on a page of Album 2
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 7/8 x 3 11/16 in. (14.9 x 9.4 cm)
Marks:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "CB [monogram]"; inscribed at upper right in graphite: "St Germain au / Mont d'or":; at center inside image: "John"; at lower edge: "Eugene John"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "CB [monogram]"; inscribed at upper right in graphite: "St Germain au / Mont d'or":; at center inside image: "John"; at lower edge: "Eugene John"
Description:
Recto verso drawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith and Sargent. Verso: variant of same composition and study of a bust-length figure; Signed at middle right in graphite: CB (monogram); inscribed at upper right in graphite: St Germain au / Mont d'or; at center inside image in graphite: John; at lower edge in graphite: Eugene John.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Provenance:
James Carroll Beckwith; The National Academy of Design, New York
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
