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Egyptian Woman With Earring

1891
Oil
28 x 21 1/4 in.

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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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
Oil on canvas
63.5 x 53.3 cm (25 x 21 in.)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Frieze of the Prophets (Study)

c. 1892
Oil on canvas
56.2 x 71.12 cm (22 1/8 x 28 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

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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...
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Head of an Arab

c.1891
Oil on canvas
80.01 x 58.74 cm (31 1/2 x 23 1/8 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

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Interior of a Bath House

c. 1890 - 1891
Oil on canvas
83.82 cm. x 65.41 cm., actual

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Interior of Hogia Sophia

1891
Oil on canvas
18" x ?

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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...
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Man in Blue Turban

c. 1890 - 1891
Oil on canvas
101.6 cm. x 83.82 cm. x 1.91 cm., actual

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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
Oil on canvas
93.98 cm. x 66.04 cm., actual

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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...
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Market Place

1890's
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper
25.3 x 35.4 cm (10 x 13 15/16 in.)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Moroccan Street

1890 - 1895
Oil on canvas
70.49 cm. x 91.44 cm., actual

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