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 | Sketch of canal with boats 1880 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Study of Donatello's Saint John 1880 | 
The date of
this sketchs ares unknown, though I know he was painting the outside of the
Frari in 1880 and the brevity of the sketch falls in line with the same kind of
energy of the Two Studies for El Jaleo which were c. 1879-82.
See
Donatello's St. John in
Juxtaposition with Sargent's
Donatello
Italian sculptor, Florentine... | GA | igrkio |
 | The Bead Stringers of Venice 1880-82 |
The
painting, an unfinished sketch, shows bead stringers assembling the beads as
they sit outside in a small alley or corridor. The two nearest women face an
open door, possibly a bead shop similar to what Sargent
painted in Venetian Glass Workers (thumbnail). Apparently whatever he was
planning for the doorway, he grew frustrated and scraped, or... | GA | igrkio |
 | The Entrance to the Grand Canal 1880/1882 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Probably
the most tourist view painting he did of Venice. We are looking sort of
northwest from the lagoon. You can see the Palazzo Ducale
and the campanile of San Marco to the right and the domed Santa
Maria della Salute to the left.
Note:
Offered by Sothbeys but not sold; 5/27/1999; Lot 110; estimated
$50,000-$75,000
The source
didn't date... | GA | igrkio |
 | The Standard Bearer (after Frans Hals) 1880 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
This is a
copy of the figure on the far right of Frans Hals’ Banquet of the
Officers of St George Civic Guard, (Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem).
Frans Hals
Banquet of the Officers of the St George Civic Guard in Haarlem 1627
Notes:
Literature
Christie’s
London, Catalogue of Pictures and Drawings of the Late John Singer... | GA | igrkio |
 | Two Heads from the Banquet of the Officers (after Frans Hals) 1880 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Frans Hals
Banquet of the Officers of the St George Civic Guard in Haarlem 1627
Notes:
Agnew's
Gallery
43 Old Bond
Street
London, England W1X 4BA
Phone:
0207-629 6176
Fax:
0207-629 4359
Email:
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Was asking
$225,000
| GA | igrkio |
 | Venetian Bead Stringers 1880 or 1882 Albright-Knox Art Gallery Buffalo, NY |
The process
of stringing beads involved gathering the beads onto wires from a small wooden
tray with a bowel type trough placed in their lap. These two seated women
appear to be sharing one of these wooden trays, as another woman looks on.
The
painting was made in the same Palazzo corridor as A Venetian Interior. For
whatever reason, the... | GA | igrkio |
 | Venetian Canal, Palazzo Corner 1880 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Venetian Glass Workers 1880-82 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL |
In many of
Sargent’s Venetian Studies of 1880 and 1882 he shows Venetian women
stringing glass beads for the tourist trade. In a footnote of Linda Ayres
essay, she explains that what they are holding are long colored glass tubes.
These glass
tubes (also called cane) were probably made in Murano, then cut to bead size
and passed on to women... | GA | igrkio |
 | Venetian Interior 1880-82 |
This is a
good example of John's use of light in a picture. Notice the way it filters in
from an unseen doorway at frame right, the light at the far end, as well as how
light and shadows manifest themselves on the different figures.
Note:
Exhibitions
John Singer
Sargent, An Exhibition --
Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago... | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent
