Study of a Young Man, Seen from the Back
As part of a renewed interest in lithography around 1895, the printer Frederick Goulding experimented with new transfer methods that freed artists from the need to work directly on unwieldy printing stones. Sargent made this drawing on laid paper, and a photo-chemical process was then used to transfer the image to a stone, possibly by means of an intermediate negative. The Museum possesses two copies of the resulting lithograph (50.558.1, .2) and when those prints are compared to the present work, it becomes evident that the printer made numerous small corrections in the stone, removing stray lines near the left cheek and elsewhere around the form, and reducing the texture in light open areas.
Artwork Details
- Title: Study of a Young Man, Seen from the Back
- Artist: John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856–1925 London)
- Date: 1895
- Medium: Lithographic crayon on transfer paper
- Dimensions: sheet: 12 5/16 x 9 5/16 in. (31.2 x 23.6 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Francis Ormond, 1950
- Object Number: 50.558.3
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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