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Brooklin Museum
John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925). (left)
Simplon Pass: Reading,
circa 1911. Opaque and translucent watercolor and wax resist with
graphite underdrawing, 20 1/16 x 14 1/16 in. (51 x 35.7 cm). Museum of
Fine Arts, Boston, The Hayden Collection—Charles Henry Hayden Fund.
Photograph © 2013 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; (right)
Bedouins,
circa 1905–6. Opaque and translucent watercolor, 18 x 12 in. (45.7 x
30.5 cm).
Brooklyn Museum, Purchased by Special Subscription, 09.814
April 5–July 28, 2013
Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing, 4th Floor
This landmark exhibition unites for the first time the John Singer
Sargent watercolors acquired by the Brooklyn Museum and the Museum of
Fine Arts, Boston, in the early twentieth century. The culmination of a
yearlong collaborative study by both museums,
John Singer Sargent Watercolors explores
the watercolor practice that has traditionally been viewed as a
tangential facet of Sargent’s art making. The ninety-three pieces on
display provide a once-in-a-generation opportunity to view a broad range
of the artist’s finest production in the medium.
Brooklyn’s thirty-eight watercolors, most of which have not been on
view for decades, were largely purchased from Sargent’s 1909 debut
exhibition in New York. Their subjects include Venetian scenes (
The Bridge of Sighs), Mediterranean sailing vessels, intimate portraits (
A Tramp), and Bedouin subjects (
Bedouins).
Boston’s watercolors, purchased in 1912, are more highly finished than
the Brooklyn works. They feature subjects from his travels to the
Italian Alps, the villa gardens near Lucca, and the marble quarries of
Carrara, as well as portraits. The exhibition also presents nine oil
paintings, including Brooklyn’s
An Out-of-Doors Study, Paul Helleu and His Wife (1889) and Boston’s
The Master and His Pupils (1914).
New discoveries based on scientific study of Sargent’s pigments,
drawing techniques, and paper preparation are featured in a special
section deconstructing his techniques. Select works throughout the
exhibition are paired with videos that show a contemporary watercolor
artist demonstrating some of Sargent’s methods.
John Singer Sargent Watercolors is organized by the Brooklyn
Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The exhibition is co-curated
by Teresa A. Carbone, Andrew W. Mellon Curator of American Art,
Brooklyn Museum, and Erica E. Hirshler, Croll Senior Curator of American
Paintings, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Generous support for the exhibition and catalogue was provided by The
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Foundation for the Arts and the
National Endowment for the Arts.
The presentation in Brooklyn was made possible by the Henry Luce
Foundation, the Robert Lehman Foundation, Bank of America, Sotheby’s,
and the Richard and Jane Manoogian Foundation. Additional support for
the catalogue was provided by a publications endowment established by
the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation.
Wednesday: 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
Thursday: 11 a.m.–10 p.m.
Friday–Sunday: 11 a.m.–6 p.m.