Watercolour, graphite and ink on paper. verso: graphite and ink on paper
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-max-beerbohm-722" aria-label="More by Sir Max Beerbohm" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Sir Max Beerbohm</a>
John S Sargent Heads
Presented by Sir William Rothenstein in memory of Gerard Chowne 1917
paper unique watercolour graphite ink
8 October 2023 – 7 July 2024
2024-07-07
21 February 2024 – 7 July 2024
2024-07-07
2024-02-21
Tate Britain (London, UK)
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2023-10-08
Sargent and Fashion
Exhibition
John S. Sargent. Verso: Studies of Heads
support: 406 × 206 mm
Presented by Sir William Rothenstein in memory of Gerard Chowne 1917
<p><b>N03199</b> 	JOHN S. SARGENT <i>c.</i> 1910
<br/> <i>On reverse:</i> STUDIES OF HEADS
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<br/>Not inscribed.
<br/>Pencil, pen and wash, 16×8 1/8 (41×20·5), on two pieces of paper joined together.
<br/>Presented by Sir William Rothenstein in memory of Gerard Chowne 1917.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> Sir William Rothenstein.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> (?) Leicester Galleries, April–May 1911 (2); C.A.S., <i>Loan Exhibition</i>, Manchester, winter 1911 (240).</p>
<p>There is a variant of the figure's profile in <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/graphite" title="Glossary definition for 'Graphite'"><span>pencil</span></a> t.l. and of his legs in <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/i/ink" title="Glossary definition for 'Ink'"><span>ink</span></a> b.r. On the back are a head in <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/pen-and-ink" title="Glossary definition for 'Pen and Ink'"><span>pen and ink</span></a> of W. G. de Glehn (cf. <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/beerbohm-the-new-english-art-club-n06075" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N06075</span></a>) and a pencil head possibly of Edward VII; the join of the two pieces of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/paper" title="Glossary definition for 'Paper'"><span>paper</span></a> on which the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> is made conceals what may be another pencil head.</p>
<p>Beerbohm made several <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/caricature" title="Glossary definition for 'Caricature'"><span>caricatures</span></a> of Sargent, including ‘Mr Sargent at Work’ of 1907 (repr. Max Beerbohm, <i>A Book of Caricatures</i>, 1907, frontispiece (in colour) and one of 1912 lent by Mrs Sullivan to the memorial exhibition, Leicester Galleries, June 1957 (113); see also <span>N06075</span>. The work exhibited at the Leicester Galleries in 1911 was not sold at the time and may or may not be <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/beerbohm-john-s-sargent-verso-studies-of-heads-n03199" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N03199</span></a>.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, I</p>
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