Painting Index 1922-1924

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1922 thru 1924

	Title
	General Officers of the Great War 1922 Natasha Essay National Portrait Gallery, London Oil on canvas 299.7 x 528.3 cm (118 x 208 in.)

	Orestes 1922–25 Natasha Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Stairway Side Aisle mural Oil on canvas 347.98 x 317.5 cm (137 x 125 in.) Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912 and Picture Fund 25.645

	Chiron and Achilles 1922–25 Natasha Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Stairway Side Aisle mural Oil on canvas 347.98 x 317.5 cm (137 x 125 in.) Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912 and Picture Fund 25.644

	The Winds 1922–25 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Stairway mural Oil on canvas 327.66 x 767.08 cm (129 x 302 in.) Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912 and Picture Fund 25.641

	Sketch for Atlas and the Hesperides 1922–24 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Oil and graphite on canvas 86.36 x 86.36 cm (34 x 34 in.) The Sargent Collection. Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Violet Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer Sargent 29.138

	Sketch for Phaethon 1922–24 Natasha Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Oil and graphite on canvas 89.85 x 89.85 cm (35 3/8 x 35 3/8 in.) The Sargent Collection. Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Violet Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer Sargent 29.140

	Bas-relief of two classical male figures 1919-1921? Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Stairway Bas-Relief Raised painted plaster Size? Francis Bartlett Fund (Donation of 1912) 25.648

	Men Racing 1919-1921? Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Stairway Bas-Relief Raised painted plaster Size? Francis Bartlett Fund (Donation of 1912) 25.650

	Figures Foliage and Urns 1919-1921? Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Stairway Bas-Relief Raised painted plaster Size? Francis Bartlett Fund (Donation of 1912) 25.649

	Philosophy 1922-25 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Museum Library mural Oil on canvas 200.7 x 111.8 cm (79 x 44 in.) Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912 and 1925 Picture Fund 25.637

	The Unveiling of Truth 1922-25 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Museum Library mural Oil on canvas 200.7 x 231.1 cm (79 x 91 in.) Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912 and 1925, Picture Fund 25.638

	Science 1922-25 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Museum Library mural Oil on canvas 200.7 x 111.8 cm (79 x 44 in.) Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912 and 1925 Picture Fund 25.639



	Coming of the Americans 1922 Widener Library, Harvard University, Boston Oil on canvas 176 x 73.5 in Anonymous gift to Harvard University

	Death and Victory 1922 Widener Library, Harvard University, Boston Oil on canvas 173 x 73.5 in Anonymous gift to Harvard University

	Bronze study for Victory and Death 1922? Natasha Private collection Bronze, dark brown patina height: 31.1cm (12 1/4 in.) inscribed with the artist's initials J.S.S.

	The Countess of Rocksavage, later Marchioness of Cholmondeley 1922 Natasha Private collection Oil on canvas 161.3 x 89.8 cm (63 1/2 x 35 5/8 in.) Inscribed: (Lower right:) John S. Sargent

	The Artist Sketching (Dwight Blaney) 1922 Natasha Private collection on lone to the Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Oil on canvas 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.)

	On the Verandah (Ironbound Island, Maine) 1921 or 1922? Private collection Watercolor on paper 38.1 x 52.1 cm (15 x 20 1/2 in.) Inscribed: (Lower left:) to my friend Dwight Blaney John S. Sargent Info

	Abbott Lawrence Lowell (1856-1943) 1923 Natasha Harvard University Portrait Collection, Boston Oil on canvas 140.6 x 98.5 cm (actual) Gift of Members of the Board of Overseers who served during President Lowell's administration to Harvard College, 1924. (Charcoal "Mug" 1920)

	Sir Philip Sassoon 1923 Natasha Tate Gallery, London Oil on canvas 95.2 x 57.8cm signed Bequeathed by Sir Philip Sassoon Bt 1939 N05052 (See charcoal drawing of Sir Philip Sasson)

	Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI, r. 1936-1952) and the Queen Mother) 1923 Natasha Private collection Charcoal Size?

	Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor 1923 Natasha National Portrait Gallery, London Chalk 55.9 x 38.1 cm (22 x 15 in.) NPG 4885 (See Lady Astor)

	Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge 1923 Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Washington DC Charcoal Size?

	Portrait of The Hon. Clare Stuart-Wortley "Mug" 1923 Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas Charcoal on Paper 24.5 x1 19 in. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Bass in Honor of Rick Stewart and Bob Workman, 2002.1

	Hazel, Lady Lavery 1923 Natasha Private collection Charcoal Size? inscribed and signed "To Hazel Lavery l'echange amical / /John S. Sargent 1923"

	Daisy Fellowes (Honourable Mrs. Renginal "Daisy" Fellowes) Date? Private collection Charcoal on paper sight: 61.0 x 45.7 cm (24 x 18 in.) Signed John S. Sargent, l.r.

	Three Sisters: Mabell, Alice and Esther 1923 Natasha Private collection Charcoal Size?

	Charlotte Nichols Greene and her Son Stephen 1924 Natasha Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Charcoal on paper 44.5 x 60.4 cm (17 1/2 x 23 3/4 in.) Gift of Mrs. Stephen Greene 1986.970

	Commodore Sears aboard the yacht Constellation 1924 Natasha The Peabody Essex Museum Medium? Size?

	Constellation: Rainy Day 1924? Natasha Private collection Watercolor 13.7 x 21 in.

	Eleutherios Venizelos "Mug" 1924 Natasha Private collection Charcoal 16 x 26 in.

	Sir William Hedworth "Mug" 1924 Natasha Private collection Charcoal 20.7 x 11 in.

	Portrait of Emily Winthrop Miles (Mrs. Corey Lucien Miles) 1924 Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts Charcoal on off-white laid paper 61 x 46 cm Signature: l.l., charcoal: John S. Sargent 1924 Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

	Portrait of Kate Winthrop Morse (Mrs. Darwin S. Morse) 1924 Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts Charcoal on off-white laid paper 61 x 46 cm Signature: l.l., charcoal: John S. Sargent 1924 Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

	Helen A. Clark 1924 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Charcoal on off-white laid paper, mounted on board 24 x 17 15/16 in. (61 x 45.5 cm) Signatures: [at top]: John S. Sargent 1924 Bequest of Helen A. Clark, 1953 (53.186)

	Harold Irving Pratt, Jr (age 20) 1924 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Charcoal on cream paper 60 x 45 cm (23 5/8 x 17 11/16 in.) Gift of Mrs. Irving H. Pratt 1990.213

1922 (66 years old)
Year In Context

John remains in London until spring when Some General Officers of the Great War is finished.

February 29, another friend dies -- this time its Ralph Curtis.

March: on the 29th he sails for Boston.

October: more MFA decorations are delivered.

By November the murals for Widener Library at Harvard are installed -- Coming of the Americans and Death and Victory.

1923 (67 years old)
Year In Context

He Exhibits at the inaugural exhibition of the Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland.

He works on the stairwell decorations in his Boston studio and paints Abbott Lawrence Lowell who is president of Harvard, one of the rare exception since giving up portraiture.

November, he begins to talk with the Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, for a retrospective exhibition of his work.

December 9th, he sails for Liverpool and spends Christmas in London.

1924 (68 years old)
Year In Context

January: the Wertheimer portraits are donated and installed in the National Gallery, London.

In his Fulham Road studio he works on the Boston museum staircase murals.

Back in America with his sister Emily.

From February 23 thru March 22, a major exhibition of his work is held at the Grand Central Art Galleries, New York -- fifty-nine oils and twelve watercolors are shown, Sargent does not attend.

July 14, sails with Emily for England and three days later on the 17th, Isabella Stewart Gardner dies.

Sargent has left United States for what would be the last time.

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