id:			124814
accession number:	1946.293
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1946.293
updated:		2023-08-24 11:35:23.731000

The Patio, 1908. John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925). Watercolor with traces of gouache over graphite; sheet: 53.2 x 34.6 cm (20 15/16 x 13 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, In memory of Ralph King, gift of Mrs. Ralph King; Ralph T. Woods, Charles G. King; and Frances King Schafer 1946.293

title:				The Patio
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creation date:			1908
creation date earliest:		1869
creation date latest:		1869
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creditline:			In memory of Ralph King, gift of Mrs. Ralph King; Ralph T. Woods, Charles G. King; and Frances King Schafer
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culture:	America, late 19th-early 20th Century
technique:	watercolor with traces of gouache over graphite
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - American 19th Century
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 53.2 x 34.6 cm (20 15/16 x 13 5/8 in.)
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	description:	cream(1) wove paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	VERSO, center, in orange crayon: 5/3 ; lower left, in black chalk: 4072 [circled, sideways]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		America Draws
	opening date:   1984-12-28T05:00:00
	<i>America Draws</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1984-March 17, 1985).

	title:		Generous Donors: A Tribute to The Print Club of Cleveland
	opening date:   1991-04-02T05:00:00
	<i>Generous Donors: A Tribute to The Print Club of Cleveland</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 2-August 4, 1991).

	title:		American Drawings from the Permanent Collection
	opening date:   1998-04-19T00:00:00
	<i>American Drawings from the Permanent Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; 4/19/98 - 7/12/98.  "American Drawings from the Permanent Collection."

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PROVENANCE

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Sargent was born in Italy, studied in France, and worked chiefly in England, but he never renounced his American citizenship. As a young man, Sargent achieved fame and wealth as a portraitist, but he gradually tired of painting wealthy, superficial aristocrats. In his later years he focused increasingly on watercolor. Along with Winslow Homer, Sargent was the major artist to develop a spontaneous approach toward watercolor. Rather than carefully layering his pigments, he dashed off his paintings in a single sitting, allowing the colors to freely blend together.
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