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THBJohn Singer Sargent (American, 1856-1925) Study of a Male Figure, Semi-reclining
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Early 19th century painters through early Modernists are represented, including works by Arthur Dove, Percival Rosseau, Granville Redmond, Elizabeth Nourse, Marguerite Zorach, and the under-documented Hudson River School painter Louisa Davis Minot. Bonhams Skinner bidsquare@bonhamsskinner.com
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John Singer Sargent (American, 1856-1925)
Study of a Male Figure, Semi-reclining
Unsigned, identified on a label from Vose Galleries of Boston affixed to the frame backing.
Charcoal on watermarked L. Berville laid paper, with grid for transfer, 19 x 24 3/8 in. (48.0 x 62.0 cm), framed.
Condition: Loss to u.l. corner, small hole to center right edge, scattered fox marks, minor toning and mat burn, nicks, wear, and rippling to the edges, areas of slight thinning to the paper, lined with a fine supporting sheet, hinged to back mat along the top edge of the reverse of the supporting sheet.
Provenance: Private collection, Nantucket, Massachusetts; to Vose Galleries of Boston; to Franklin Metzler Nash, Westbrook, Connecticut; to the estate of Franklin Metzler Nash.
N.B. The lot is accompanied by a receipt and appraisal from Vose Galleries of Boston, dated April 20, 2000, which also provides the Nantucket provenance.
This drawing is believed to relate to Sargent's mural commission for the rotunda and staircase hall of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. A letter from Vose Galleries of Boston which accompanies the lot notes the similarities to the bas reliefs found in the rotunda of the museum, for which this drawing may have been preliminary sketch.
The preparatory drawings for the Museum of Fine Arts mural commission were the subject of a recent exhibition and catalog, Boston's Apollo/Thomas McKeller and John Singer Sargent. (1) While exploring the important role of Thomas McKeller, the African American man who served as Sargent's primary model, the exhibition focused specifically on the ten sheets from the Gardner Museum that related to Sargent's preparation for the MFA rotunda and staircase hall. These drawings were signed by Sargent and presented to his patron and friend Isabella Stewart Gardner. At the time of the unveiling of the MFA murals in 1921, the MFA exhibited fifty of Sargent's sketches in the nearby Tapestry Hall, and these works were subsequently donated to them. Most of Sargent's preparatory drawings were unsigned, with the exception of the ten sheets for Mrs. Gardner and another small group for an unknown patron which are now in the collection of the Chicago Art Institute. Many more of the drawings were distributed after Sargent's death, and over 200 survive today in museum and private collections.
1. Boston's Apollo: Thomas McKeller and John Singer Sargent. Edited by Nathaniel Silver; with contributions by Trevor Fairbrother, Paul Fisher, Nikki A. Greene, Erica E. Hirshler, Lorraine O'Grady, Casey Riley, Nathaniel Silver, and Colm T?ib?n (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2020).
Condition
Condition: The drawing bears pencil numbers as follows: "P6458D" in upper right corner, and "66" within a small circle in lower right corner.
Framed dimensions are 28 1/4 x 32 1/2 inches.
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