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John Singer Sargent
American, 1856–1925
Resting
c. 1875
This study shows a young woman napping against a haystack, shaded from the bright sunshine by the brim of her straw hat. Marks drawn through the paint with the reverse end of the artist’s brush suggest the texture of the hay. Although famous for his society portraits, Sargent depicted his family and friends more informally. This young woman may be his cousin, painted when Sargent joined his family on the Brittany coast in the summer of 1875.
Image Caption
John Singer Sargent, Resting, c. 1875, oil on canvas. Clark Art Institute, 1955.579
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
8 1/2 x 10 9/16 in. (21.6 x 26.8 cm)
Frame: 13 1/2 x 15 7/16 x 2 in. (34.3 x 39.2 x 5.1 cm)
Object Number
1955.579
Acquisition
Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status
Off View
Select Bibliography
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Provenance
Miss Elizabeth E. Bourne, New York; to (M. Knoedler & Co., New York); to Stephen C. Clark, 1919; to (M. Knoedler & Co., New York, September 23, 1931); to Robert Sterling Clark, February 13, 1934.