A Tent in the Rockies
painter
John Singer Sargent
(Florence, 1856 - 1925, London)
Date1916
Place MadeCanada, North America
MediumWatercolor on paper
Dimensions38 x 52 cm (14 15/16 x 20 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP3w17
eMuseum ID723591
EmbARK ObjectID10882
TMS Source ID148
Last Updated11/6/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentarySargent began many of his watercolors with careful pencil drawings that laid out the overall composition of each picture. If you look closely you can see traces of pencil in the folds of the tent’s opening. Light and shade effects, however, were rarely indicated through pencil under-drawings. Sargent would leave that to the skill of his brush in mixing colors, giving his watercolors their fresh beauty.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 33.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 231-32.
Rebecca W. Karo. “Ah Wilderness! Sargent in the Rockies, 1916.” Fenway Court (1976), pp. 20-29.
Alan Chong et al. (eds.) Eye of the Beholder: Masterpieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 2003), pp. 206-7.
Kathleen A. Foster. American Watercolor in the Age of Homer and Sargent. Exh. cat. (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2017), pp. 328-29, fig. 281.
Courtney Mason, "John Singer Sargent's Sojourn in the Rocky Mountains," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 14 October 2024, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/john-singer-sargents-sojourn-rocky-mountains
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 231-32.
Rebecca W. Karo. “Ah Wilderness! Sargent in the Rockies, 1916.” Fenway Court (1976), pp. 20-29.
Alan Chong et al. (eds.) Eye of the Beholder: Masterpieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 2003), pp. 206-7.
Kathleen A. Foster. American Watercolor in the Age of Homer and Sargent. Exh. cat. (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2017), pp. 328-29, fig. 281.
Courtney Mason, "John Singer Sargent's Sojourn in the Rocky Mountains," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 14 October 2024, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/john-singer-sargents-sojourn-rocky-mountains
MarksNotesSigned in ink (bottom left): John S. Sargent
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the gallery Doll & Richards, Boston on 26 October 1916 for $325.
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