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A Street in Algiers

1880
Oil on panel
13.5 x 10 in

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Although the title of the painting refers to Algiers, most sources believe the painting was actually done in Morocco at Tangier.  In 1880 Sargent and his party of friends traveled from Spain to Morocco (and what is vaguely referred to as "North Africa") for about six weeks. His exact itenery during this time, from what I can tell, is...
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A Street in Arras

1918
Watercolour
39 x 52 cm

Imperial War Museum

London, UK

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Arras  1918 From: Art of the First World War During his stay in France in the summer of 1918, Sargent travelled all over the Picardy and Artois regions. In Arras, he painted the ruins of the cathedral and collapsed houses like this one. A shell has burst through the wall, revealing an old horse-drawn carriage. The floor...
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A Street in Venice

c. 1880-82
Oil on canvas
75.1 x 52.4 cm (29 9/16 x 20 5/8 )

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Venetian Alleys and Passageways (Photos) The textured walls and the lighted opening at the end, lends itself well to this great composition of perspective and depth -- a city which seems to be made for such studies -- a city rich in interesting viscosity and corridors. Notes: Exhibitions Sargent in Italy, 2002-2003
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A Street in Venice c. 1882

c. 1882
Oil on canvas
45.7 x 54.6 cm (18 x 21 1/2 in)

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A Summer Idyll

c. 1877
Oil on canvas
41.3 x 71.7 cm (16 1/4 x 28 1/4 in.) Frame: 48.3 x 57.2 x 8.3 cm (19 x 22 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

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A Tent in the Rockies

1916
Watercolor on paper
39.2 x 53.2 cm

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Boston, MA

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A Torrent in Norway

1901
Oil on canvas
22 3/8 x 29 3/4 in

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

notes
Note:  Spanierman Gallery does not date the work. It, however, falls in line with other work done in Norway in 1901. Sold at Spanierman Gallery date unknown
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A Tramp

After 1900
Watercolor on paper
50 x 33.5 cm (19 11/16 x 13 3/16 in.)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

notes
Notes: Exhibitions John Singer Sargent, An Exhibition -- Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago 1986-1987 See the The Brooklyn Museum, NY See the year in review 1908 Forum: . . . a consumate work of portrait art: the excellent handling of an unforgiving medium combined with the compassionate portrayal of this world weary man...
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A Tyrolese Crucifux

1914
Oil on canvas
91.4 x 71.8 cm (36 x 28 1/4 in)

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

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Note: Literature W.H. Downes, John S. Sargent: His Life and Work, Boston, Massachusetts, 1925, pp. 247-48. E. Charteris, John Sargent, New York, 1927, p. 293. C.M. Mount, John Singer Sargent, London, 1957, p. 361. C.M. Mount, "The Works of John Singer Sargent in Washington," Records of the Columbia Historical Society of Washington, D.C.,...
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A Venetian Interior

1880-82
Oil on canvas
48.4 x 60.8.3 cm (19 1/16 x 23 15/16 in.)

Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

Williamstown, MA

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Venetian Bead Stringers 1880/1882 Another version of this scene is done in Venetian Bead Stringers: Notes: Exhibitions John Singer Sargent, An Exhibition -- Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago 1986-1987 Gondola Days: Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Palazzo Barbaro Circle, 2004 See the year in...
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