From: 2020hindsight.org
Date: 4/6/2003
Went to LA County Museum of Art yesterday to see the John Sargent in Italy exhibit . . . Simplon Pass . . . had my jaw on the floor, but the quality of the [image above] is bad. The painting, from 10-15 feet away is perfect, perfect. Up close, the painting is a scrambled set of brushstrokes in different colors–one amazing scribble defines a sunlit portion of a distant cliff.
(2020hindsight)
John Singer Sargent, An Exhibition -- Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago 1986-1987
Sargent in Italy, 2002-2003