Harvard Art Museums > 1931.102: Tower, Turin Cathedral Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Tower, Turin Cathedral (John Singer Sargent) , 1931.102,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/306561. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1931.102 People John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England) Title Tower, Turin Cathedral Other Titles Alternate Title: Study of a Tower, Turin Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 19th-20th century Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/306561 Physical Descriptions Medium Graphite and black chalk on off-white wove paper Dimensions 36.5 x 23 cm (14 3/8 x 9 1/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: l.r., graphite, in artist's hand: Turin inscription: l.l., graphite: J. S. 48 inscription: lower center of verso, graphite: -- 5845-- inscription: l.r., graphite, in artist's hand: arch too narrow / & [order?] too high Provenance Recorded Ownership History To the artist's sisters, Violet (Mrs. Francis) Ormond and Emily Sargent, at his death, 1925; their gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1931. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Francis Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer Sargent Accession Year 1931 Object Number 1931.102 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Evan Charteris, John Sargent, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY, 1927), opp. p. 248, repr. Stephanie Herdrich and Helen Barbara Weinberg, American Drawings and Watercolors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: John Singer Sargent, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY, 2000), p. 155, under no. 116 Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, John Singer Sargent: Figures and Landscapes, 1874-1882, Yale University Press (New Haven and London, 2006), p. 65 note 1 Exhibition History Boston Back Bay Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 11/01/1969 - 01/11/1970 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
