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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1934.179
People
John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England)
Title
Sketches of Emilio Bassi
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th-20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306764

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Charcoal on off-white laid paper
Dimensions
actual: 47.8 x 62.4 cm (18 13/16 x 24 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.l., charcoal: Emilio Bassi / 85 Lancaster Rd Nottinghill
  • inscription: l.l., graphite: S.4.34
  • inscription: u.r. of verso, graphite: S.4.34
  • watermark: MICHALLET / FRANCE
  • inscription: l.l. of verso, graphite: [20.2]?

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Seth Morton Vose, Boston, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1934.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Seth Morton Vose, Class of 1931
Accession Year
1934
Object Number
1934.179
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • David McKibbin, Sargent's Boston, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, MA, 1956), p. 110, Check List of Sargent's Portraits

Verification Level

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