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14-1/2 x 20-1/2 in. (sheet)
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Credit Line
Mary B. Milliken Fund
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Collection
Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
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Sargent's watercolors of Venice were described as "snap-shots," like photographs taken with the then novel invention of the portable Kodak camera. Understandably, Martin Hardie described Sargent's watercolors in 1930 as "fragmentary, fortuitous, impromptu studies," but this pencil drawing of the steps leading to Santa Maria della Salute from the Grand Canal, found by chance adhered to the underside of the watercolor of Rio Dei Mendicanti, would suggest that Sargent's approach was much more studied and deliberate than the fleeting impression the watercolors give.
Several watercolors and an oil painting of 1909 were based on this pencil drawing.
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Indianapolis Museum of Art
February 16, 2008 - July 13, 2008
One Hundred Years of American Art and Nature
Kalamazoo Institute of Art
June 1, 1964 - June 30, 1964
One Hundred Years of American Art and Nature
Fort Wayne Museum of Art
May 1, 1964 - May 31, 1964
One Hundred Years of American Art and Nature
South Bend Art Center
April 1, 1964 - April 30, 1964
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