Camp at Lake O'Hara

1916
Not on view
During a visit to the United States and Canada in 1916, Sargent traveled west to the Rocky Mountains. He visited Glacier Park, Montana, before heading to British Columbia. He spent at least a month painting landscape scenes in Yoho National Park, including this watercolor.

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Object Information
  • Title: Camp at Lake O'Hara
  • Artist: John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856–1925 London)
  • Date: 1916
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper
  • Dimensions: 15 3/4 x 21 in. (40 x 53.3 cm)
    Mat: 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)
    Framed (standard exhibition frame): 24 1/2 × 30 1/2 × 1 1/8 in. (62.2 × 77.5 × 2.9 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. David Hecht, in memory of her son, Victor D. Hecht, 1932
  • Object Number: 32.116
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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