1937.8.7: Study for "Man and Woman on a Bed"

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1937.8.7

People

John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England)

Title

Study for "Man and Woman on a Bed"

Other Titles

Former Title: Sketch of a Lady with a Flower in her Teeth and a Reclining Gentleman

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1880-82

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/310245

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink over graphite on white cardboard

Dimensions

26.5 x 22.7 cm (10 7/16 x 8 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: black ink, l.r.: John S. Sargent

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

To the artist's sisters, Violet (Mrs. Francis) Ormond and Emily Sargent, at his death, 1925; gift of Mrs. Ormond to the Fogg Art Museum, 1937.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Francis Ormond

Accession Year

1937

Object Number

1937.8.7

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Edward J. Nygren, John Singer Sargent: Drawings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (Washington, D.C, 1983), p. 45
• Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, John Singer Sargent: The Early Portraits, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT and London, England, 1998), pp. 97 - 99
• Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, John Singer Sargent: Figures and Landscapes, 1874-1882, Yale University Press (New Haven and London, 2006), under no. 775, fig. 175

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