John Singer Sargent's Lake O'Hara

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Lake O'Hara (Watercolor) John Singer Sargent -- American painter 1916 Fogg Art Museum,
Cambridge, Massachusetts Watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper 40 cm. x 53 cm., actual Gift of Edward W. Forbes, 1969.185 Marks: l.l., black ink, black ink, l.l.: John S. Sargent: To Edward W. Forbes / John S. Sargent Jpg: Harvard University Art Museums

Edward W. Forbes, was the Director of the Fogg Art Museum at the time.

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Bibliography

Edward Waldo Forbes, History of the Fogg Art Museum (1956), p. 147, vol. I

Rebecca W. Karo, "Ah Wilderness! Sargent in the Rockies, 1916", Fenway Court, 1977, p. 27-29

John Singer Sargent, His Own Work (New York, NY, 1980), no. 60, repr.

Carter Ratcliff, John Singer Sargent (New York, NY, 1982), p. 33, fig. 41

Carl Little, The Watercolors of John Singer Sargent (Berkeley, CA, 1998), repr. p. 149 (color)

John Esten, Sargent: Painting Out-of-Doors (New York NY, 2000), repr. in color p. 65

Stephanie Herdrich and H. Barbara Weinberg, American Drawings and Watercolors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: John Singer Sargent (New York NY, 2000), p. 349-350, under no. 331

Exhibition History
Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by John Singer Sargent, Copley Gallery, Boston, 01/22/1917 - 02/03/1917

Homer -- Sargent: Special Exhibition, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 11/30/1917 - 12/31/1917

Exposition d'Art Américain..., Association Franco-Américaine d'Expositions de Peinture et de Sculpture, Paris, 05/18/1923 - 06/25/1923

Unidentified Exhibition, Wadsworth Atheneum, 1928, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, 01/01/1928 - 12/31/1928

Unidentified Exhibition, Crandall Free Library, 1933, Crandall Free Library, Glenn Falls, 03/01/1933 - 03/31/1933

Unidentified Exhibition, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, 1933, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City, 12/01/1933 - 03/31/1934

Unidentified Exhibition, Lawrence College, 1935, Lawrence College, Appleton, 03/01/1935 - 04/30/1935

Unidentified Exhibition, Phillips Exeter Academy, 1935, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, 10/14/1935 - 11/16/1935

Unidentified Exhibition, Symphony Hall, 1928, Symphony Hall, Boston, 11/01/1938 - 12/31/1938

Unidentified Exhibition, Lyman Allyn Museum, 1940, Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, 01/01/1940 - 12/31/1940

Watercolors from the Fogg: An Historical Collection, St. Paul's School, Concord, 10/12/1971 - 11/20/1971

Gallery's Fiftieth Anniversary, Edmonton Gallery, Edmonton, 04/06/1973 - 08/15/1973; Glenbow Museum, Calgary, 07/01/1973 - 08/15/1973

Provenance

Sargent, John Singer (Creator). Created 1916, Gift to Edward W. Forbes after 1916.

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