Study for Seated Figures for
"El Jaleo" (2)
John Singer Sargent -- American painter 
c. 1882
Fogg Art Museum,
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Oil on canvas
61.3 x 81.1 cm
Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop, 1943.153
 Jpg: Sargent for Harvard
 
  El Jaleo
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El Jaleo 
1882 

Notes: 

Provenance:

Sargent, John Singer (Creator). Created c. 1882, Presented to Jules François Gabriel Renaudot.

Renaudot, Jules François Gabriel (Owner). Gift of the artist, To his wife (at his death?).

Renaudot, Mme. (Owner). From her husband (at his death?), Sold to Leslie at Christie's, London June 24 1927.

Leslie (Owner). Purchased at Christie's, London Jun 24 1927.

Milne (or Mulne?) (Owner). Purchased at Christie's, London Dec 9 1929.

Gooden & Fox (Dealer). Purchased at Christie's, London Jun 27 1931.

Winthrop, Grenville L. (Owner). Purchased through Scott and Fowles 1932, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum 1943.

Bibliography:

Evan Charteris, John Sargent (New York, NY, 1927), p. 282

Martin Birnbaum, John Singer Sargent, January 12, 1856-April 15, 1925; a conversation piece (New York, NY, 1941), p. 57, repr. in b/w

Charles Merrill Mount, John Singer Sargent, a Biography [1st ed.] (New York, NY, 1955), no. K8222

Richard Ormond, "Sargent's El Jaleo", Fenway Court, p. 15

Richard Ormond, John Singer Sargent: Paintings, Drawings, Watercolors (New York, NY and London, England, 1970), p. 238

American Art at Harvard, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1972), No. 115, repr.

John Singer Sargent, His Own Work (New York, NY, 1980), in checklist, unpaginated

Mary Crawford Volk, John Singer Sargent's El Jaleo, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C, 1992), catalogue no. 48, p. 188, reproduced in color p. 189

Exhibition History:

American Art at Harvard, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1972 - 06/18/1972

For Students of Art and Lovers of Beauty: Highlights from the Collection..., Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/16/2004 - 01/01/1900

 

 
Created 12/30/2005