American drawings and watercolors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art John Singer Sargent Stephanie L. Herdrich and H. Barbara Weinberg ; with an essay by Marjorie Shelley

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herdrich, Stephanie L.

Contributor:

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925

Weinberg, H. Barbara (Helene Barbara), 1942-

Shelley, Marjorie, 1945-

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925--Catalogs.

Sargent, John Singer.

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)--Catalogs.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.).

Art--New York (State)--New York--Catalogs.

Art.

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

Catalogs (documents)

Catalogs

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 426 pages) illustrations (some color)

Distribution:

New Haven Distributed by Yale University Press [2000]

Place of Publication:

New York The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; [2000]

Summary:

The Metropolitan's collection of drawings and watercolors by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), the renowned expatriate American painter based in England, is extraordinary in size and variety. This publication--the first volume to appear in a series documenting the Museum's American drawings and watercolors--catalogues all 337 sheets by Sargent and every page from four sketchbooks, and analyzes them within the artist's oeuvre. Although Sargent is best known for his portraits, the drawings and watercolors presented here reflect his activity outside the portrait studio: his sojourns in Spain, Morocco and elsewhere in North Africa, and in the Middle East; his enduring fascination with Venice; his holidays in the Italian lake district and the Alps; his tours of North America, including Florida and the Rocky Mountains; his visit as an official war artist to the western front in 1918; and his work as a muralist at the Boston Public Library, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Harvard University's Widener Library. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website

Contents:

Preface / John K. Howat

Introduction: The Formation of the Metropolitan's Collection of Sargent's Works

Materials and Techniques / Marjorie Shelley

Reader's Guide to the Catalogue

Childhood and Youthful Works, 1856-74

Student Years and Early Career, 1874-89

Professional Activity, 1890-1925

Records of Travel and Other Studies, 1890-1925

App. Works of Questionable Attribution

John Singer Sargent: A Chronology

Exhibition History, 1877-1926

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Other Format:

Print version Herdrich, Stephanie L. American drawings and watercolors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

ISBN:

0870999524

9780870999529

OCLC:

895133502