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JOHN SINGER SARGENT. Market Place

Market Place. Artist: John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856-1925 London). Dimensions: 10 x 13 9/16 in. (25.4 x 34.4 cm)
Mat: 16 × 22 in. (40.6 × 55.9 cm)
Framed (standard exhibition frame): 18 1/4 × 24 1/4 × 1 1/8 in. (46.4 × 61.6 × 2.9 cm). Date: 1890s.
This scene could represent a caravansary in Egypt, Greece, or Turkey (which Sargent visited in 1890-91) or a market in Spain or Tangier (which Sargent visited in 1895). The earthy palette, accented by blues and purples, and the fluid technique typify the artist's watercolor style in the 1890s. Broad washes suggest the shadowed interior spaces beneath the arcades, and indeterminate forms appear in the courtyard amid clusters of urns and containers. Sargent's cursory graphite underdrawing is clearly visible, especially in the architecture.

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Author:

JOHN SINGER SARGENT (1856-1925)

Title:

Market Place

Caption:

Market Place. Artist: John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856-1925 London). Dimensions: 10 x 13 9/16 in. (25.4 x 34.4 cm) Mat: 16 × 22 in. (40.6 × 55.9 cm) Framed (standard exhibition frame): 18 1/4 × 24 1/4 × 1 1/8 in. (46.4 × 61.6 × 2.9 cm). Date: 1890s. This scene could represent a caravansary in Egypt, Greece, or Turkey (which Sargent visited in 1890-91) or a market in Spain or Tangier (which Sargent visited in 1895). The earthy palette, accented by blues and purples, and the fluid technique typify the artist's watercolor style in the 1890s. Broad washes suggest the shadowed interior spaces beneath the arcades, and indeterminate forms appear in the courtyard amid clusters of urns and containers. Sargent's cursory graphite underdrawing is clearly visible, especially in the architecture.

Technique/material:

Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper

Museum:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Credit:

Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

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Image size:

4156 x 2992 px | 35.6 MB

Print size:

35.2 x 25.3 cm | 13.9 x 10.0 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

AMERICAN PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE • DRAWINGS • GOUACHES • GRAPHITE • JOHN SINGER SARGENT • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA • PAINTINGS • PAPER • UNITED STATES • WATERCOLOR, GOUACHE, AND GRAPHITE ON WHITE WOVE PAPER • WATERCOLORS • WOVE PAPER