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TITLE:
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The Plains of Esdraelon
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CATEGORY:
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Works on Paper (Drawings, Watercolors etc.)
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MATERIALS:
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Watercolour
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SIZE:
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h: 29.8 x w: 45.7 cm / h: 11.7 x w: 18 in
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REGION:
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Italian
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PRICE*:
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Contact Gallery for Price
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DESCRIPTION:
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The plains of Esdraelon (or Jezreel), extending from the Mediterranean coast to the Jordan River in present-day Israel, are also known as the Valley of Megiddon or Armageddon which was the battlefield in the New Testament where the powers of good and evil fight when the end of times is due. During his many visits to the Mediterranean the flamboyant Sargent came under the spell of rustic life. A strong determining factor in Sargent’s rustic vision came from his expedition to the Middle East in 1905. With a keen eye the artist observed in several sketches the local Arab population. The artist was no less captivated by the landscape. The present watercolour offers the counter point of Sargent’s urban and modern subject matter and differs from his previous outdoor scenes in that that this landscape sweeps back into the distance.
Although intended as an independent artwork, our watercolour was the basis for the famous oil painting version which is in the Tate Britain. The artist never parted with these cherished souvenirs as long as he was alive. This applies for too many of Sargent’s landscapes, especially those in watercolour. In 1920, when the artist was still alive, the leading London art gallery
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PROVENANCE:
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The artist’s estate sale, London (Christie, Manson & Woods), 24 July 1925, no. 49
Amy Gwen Mond, Lady Melchett, London, 1926
Sold by the latter in sale, London (Christie’s), 21 November 1969, no. 89, ill.
Bought at the latter by art dealer Anthony d’Offay, London, 1969
Private collection
With Adelson Galleries, New York
Private collection, Connecticut
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LITERATURE:
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To be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of John Singer Sargent currently in preparation by Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray in collaboration with Warren Adelson and Elizabeth Oustinoff
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EXHIBITION HISTORY:
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London, Royal Academy of Arts, Exhibition of the Works by the Late John Singer Sargent, R. A., 1926, no. 501 (lent by Lady Mond)
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