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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1931.70
People
John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England)
Title
Self-Portrait in Profile
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1885-1890
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306496

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
21.2 × 12.3 cm (8 3/8 × 4 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.l., graphite: J. S. 301

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
1931.70
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Exhibition of Drawings by John Singer Sargent, exh. cat., Grand Central Art Galleries (New York, NY, 1928), repr.
  • David McKibbin, Sargent's Boston, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, MA, 1956), p. 122, Check List of Sargent's Portraits
  • Trevor J. Fairbrother, Sargent Portrait Drawings: 42 Works by John Singer Sargent, Dover Publications Inc. (New York, NY, 1983), cat. 8
  • Mark Samuels Lasner and Margaret D. Stetz, The Yellow Book: A Centenary Celebration, exh. cat., Harvard College Library (Cambridge, MA, 1994), p. 60, cat. 22
  • Richard Ormond, John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Charcoal, exh. cat., National Portrait Gallery and The Morgan Library & Museum (New York, 2019), p. 71

Exhibition History

  • Exhibition of Drawings by John Singer Sargent, Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, 02/14/1928 - 03/03/1928
  • The Yellow Book: A Centenary Exhibition, Houghton Library, Cambridge, 03/01/1994 - 04/08/1994

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