Live Auction 2237The Scholars Eye: Property from the Julius Held Collection Part I
John Singer Sargent (Florence 1856-1925 London)
Lot 23

John Singer Sargent (Florence 1856-1925 London)

Drapery studies for murals at the Boston Public Library

Closed27 January 2009

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John Singer Sargent (Florence 1856-1925 London)
Drapery studies for murals at the Boston Public Library
black chalk, watermark L. BERBVILLE (FRANGE)
18 7/8 x 25 in. (155 x 279 mm.); and 24 7/8 x 19 in. (302 x 152 mm.) (2)

Specialist note

These two drawings and the following lot are related to Sargent's murals for the Boston Public Library, exectuted between 1890 and 1919. The subject of the murals are The Triumph of Religion.