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Egyptian Woman With Earring 1891 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY |
Notes:
Special
thanks to Andy Holzopfel, of Baltimore, for taking this picture at the Met
(2002) and being a friend of the JSS Gallery. See some of Andy Holzopfel paintings.
Possibly
No. 915 or 916 on Charles Merrill Mount list
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Egyptians Raising Water from the Nile 1890-91 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | GA | igrkio | ||
Frieze of the Prophets (Study) c. 1892 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
As John
works at Morgan Hall (with Abbey) he toys with different conceptual ideas for
his Library decorations. This particular Prophet study shows him wrestling with
the arrangement. The demonstrative arms flailing upwards would indicate this
was an early study for the "Despairing Profits" -- four in this case
-- what would later become... | GA | igrkio | |
Head of an Arab c.1891 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | ||
Interior of a Bath House c. 1890 - 1891 | GA | igrkio | ||
Interior of Hogia Sophia 1891 |
From: Speed Art Museum
According
to an account published in 1925, Sargent bribed an
official to gain access to Hagia Sophia. He made this
sketch in the early morning, just as warm, golden light began to fill the
space. Although he worked rapidly, Sargent still was
able to capture perfectly the grandeur and mystery of the building’s
expansive... | GA | igrkio | |
Man in Blue Turban c. 1890 - 1891 |
Notes:
Bibliography
Elaine
Kilmurray and Richard Ormond, John Singer Sargent, exh. cat., Tate Gallery
Publishing (London, England, 1998), cat. no 78, p. 189, repr. in color, detail
repr. in color p. 176
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Man with a White Turban 1890 - 1895 |
Notes:
These were
accessioned in 1990, using 1937 accession numbers [Editor's Note - what's up
with that? ]. First set of dimensions given above are image dimensions; second
set are dimensions of new stretcher. Curatorial file contains unpublished paper
by Lydia Vagts, Conservation Intern, and article by M. Kingsbury. From Timothy
Burgard's... | GA | igrkio | |
Market Place 1890's Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | GA | igrkio | ||
Moroccan Street 1890 - 1895 | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent