American drawings and watercolors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art : John Singer Sargent /
"The Museum's collection illuminates all aspects of Sargent's career. The drawings and watercolors in particular reflect his activity outside the portrait studio: his sojourns in Spain, Morocco and elsewhere in North Africa, and in the Middle East; his enduring fascination with Venice...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York : New Haven :
Metropolitan Museum of Art ; Distributed by Yale University Press,
2000.
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| Summary: | "The Museum's collection illuminates all aspects of Sargent's career. The drawings and watercolors in particular reflect his activity outside the portrait studio: his sojourns in Spain, Morocco and elsewhere in North Africa, and in the Middle East; his enduring fascination with Venice; his holidays in the Italian lake district and the Alps; his tours of North America, including Florida and the Rocky Mountains; his visit as an official war artist to the western front in 1918; and his work as a muralist at the Boston Public Library, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Harvard University's Widener Library."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 426 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-403) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0870999524 |