John Singer Sargent
The Model

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Artist John Singer Sargent (American, born Italy, 1856–1925)American, born Italy, 1856–1925

CultureAmerican

Titles

The Model

Datec. 1878–1879

PlaceParis, France

MediumWatercolor over graphite pencil on wove paper

DimensionsImage (irregular): 11 5/8 × 9 in. (29.5 × 22.9 cm)
Mount: 12 1/4 × 9 5/8 in. (31.1 × 24.4 cm)
Frame (outer): 19 3/8 × 16 5/8 × 1 1/4 in. (49.2 × 42.2 × 3.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Miss Ima Hogg

Object number39.68

Not on view

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryHouston Symphony Society, Music Hall, October 18–26, 1965.

Capitol National Bank, Houston, December 1, 1966–January 2, 1967.

"John Singer Sargent," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, October 1, 1986–January 4, 1987; The Art Institute of Chicago, February 4–April 17, 1987.

"American Painters in the Age of Impressionism," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 4, 1994–March 26, 1995.

"Figuring the Body," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 25–May 25, 1997.

"The American Watercolor," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 25–May 14, 2000.

"Miss Ima Hogg: A Woman of Vision," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 21–June 12, 2005.

"Houston's Sargents," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 14–May 9, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed and inscribed at lower left: "à mon ami Ring [or Ringel] John Singer Sargent"

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