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Fountain with Girl Sketching
Presented by Lord Duveen 1919
actions: postures and motions
adults
architecture
art and craft
balustrade
clothing and personal items
drawing
features
fountain
garden structures
hat
leisure and pastimes
objects
park
people
pool
sitting
tree
water: inland
woman
paper unique watercolour
Fountain, with Girl Sketching
support: 270 × 375 mm
Presented by Lord Duveen 1919
<p><b>N03405</b> FOUNTAIN WITH GIRL SKETCHING <i>c.</i> 1913</p>
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<p>Not inscribed.
<br/>Watercolour on paper mounted on cardboard, 10 5/8×14 3/4 (27×37·5).
<br/>Presented by Lord Duveen 1919.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> One of four watercolours (<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/sargent-fountain-with-girl-sketching-n03405" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N03405</span></a>– <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/sargent-the-piazzetta-venice-n03408" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N03408</span></a>) selected from eight which were offered to the Tate Gallery by Lord Duveen in 1919.
<br/><i>Repr:</i> W.T. Whitley, <i>The Art Collections of the Nation (Studio Special Number)</i>, 1920, p.105 (in colour).</p>
<p>Stylistically this work seems to be related to <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/sargent-san-vigilio-lago-di-garda-n03559" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N03559</span></a>, ‘San Vigilio: Lago di Garda’ of <i>c</i>. 1913.</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, II
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2004-07-16T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults architecture art and craft balustrade clothing and personal items drawing features fountain garden structures hat leisure and pastimes objects park people pool sitting tree water: inland woman