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Brook and Meadow

ca. 1907
Not on view
Watercolor was well suited to Sargent’s fluid painting technique and his longstanding interest in depicting water. Sargent transforms his pigments into a flowing stream with expressive brushstrokes and dashes of blue paint, which ripple across the surface of his composition to suggest the gentle movement of the current.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Brook and Meadow
  • Artist: John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856–1925 London)
  • Date: ca. 1907
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper
  • Dimensions: 14 × 20 in. (35.6 × 50.8 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. Francis Ormond, 1950
  • Object Number: 50.130.80j
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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