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John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), Seen from the Side, Seated and Holding the Fiddle of George de Forest Brush (1855-1941)

Artist/Maker James Carroll Beckwith American, 1852 – 1917

Depicted John Singer Sargent 1856 - 1925

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), Seen from the Side, Seated and Holding the Fiddle of George de Forest Brush (1855-1941)

1874

Graphite on ivory paper, formerly mounted on a page of Album 2

Overall: 3 9/16 x 4 11/16 in. (9 x 11.9 cm)

Gift of the National Academy of Design

1935.85.2.33

ProvenanceJames Carroll Beckwith; The National Academy of Design, New York

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

DescriptionDrawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith.Published ReferencesRoberta J.M. Olson, "John Singer Sargent and James Carroll Beckwith, Two Americans in Paris: A Trove of Their Unpublished Drawings," Master Drawings 43, no. 4 (Winter, 2005), app. no. 4, fig. 7, 419, 433.

Roberta J.M. Olson, Drawn by New York: Six Centuries of Watercolors and Drawings at the New-York Historical Society (London: D Giles Limited, 2008), cat. no. 120d, 355.

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John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), Seated and Holding the Fiddle of George de Forest Brush (1855-1941); verso: sketch of Sargent from the side, seated and holding Brush's fiddle

James Carroll Beckwith

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1935.85.2.32

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), Seen from the Back, Seated at an Easel and Holding a Palette

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), Seen from the Back, Seated at an Easel and Holding a Palette

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1935.85.2.83

The Reading Club: John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), Seated with Another Man and Reading Shakespeare; verso: sketch of a woman holding up her hands

The Reading Club: John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), Seated with Another Man and Reading Shakespeare; verso: sketch of a woman holding up her hands

James Carroll Beckwith

ca. 1875

1935.85.2.151

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) and Eugène Lachaise (1857-1925) Fishing in a Boat at Saint-Germain au Mont d'Or; verso: variant of the same composition and study of a bust-length figure

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1935.85.2.261

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) Playing the Piano in the Studio; verso: hand study

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) Playing the Piano in the Studio; verso: hand study

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1935.85.2.170

John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)

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1876

1935.85.2.176

In the Atelier of Carolus-Duran: John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) Painting at the Easel in the Company of Frank Fowler (1852-1910) and an Unidentified Artist; verso: two studies of a man in a bowler hat

In the Atelier of Carolus-Duran: John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) Painting at the Easel in the Company of Frank Fowler (1852-1910) and an Unidentified Artist; verso: two studies of a man in a bowler hat

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1935.85.2.245

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) at the Easel, Holding a Palette

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) at the Easel, Holding a Palette

James Carroll Beckwith

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1935.85.1.94

Study of Auguste Cain's "Lion de Nubie et sa Proie" (1870) Sculpture in the Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, France

Study of Auguste Cain's "Lion de Nubie et sa Proie" (1870) Sculpture in the Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, France

James Carroll Beckwith

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1935.85.2.133

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) and Study of Two Figures; verso: classical scene

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) and Study of Two Figures; verso: classical scene

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1935.85.1.97

Study of a Detail of a Country House with a Window and Hanging Device; verso: two studies

Study of a Detail of a Country House with a Window and Hanging Device; verso: two studies

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1935.85.2.263

Study of the Entrance of a Country House with Stairs, Foliage, and a Female Figure

Study of the Entrance of a Country House with Stairs, Foliage, and a Female Figure

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1935.85.2.262