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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Sargent, John Singer,     Figure group -- Female     Portrait female -- Ormond, Francis, Mrs. (Violet Sargent)     Portrait female -- Vickers, Katie     Landscape     Recreation -- Leisure     State of Being -- Other     Dress -- Accessory     Painting

Two Girls on a Lawn, (painting). Artist:  Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925, painter. Title:  Two Girls on a Lawn, (painting). Other Titles:  Two Girls Lying on the Grass, (painting). Sketch of Two Girls on a Lawn, (painting). Dates:  1888 or 1889. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  21 1/8 x 25 1/4 in. (53.7 x 64.1 cm) Inscription:  (On tacking edge:) V & Katie Vickers Description:  An unfinished sketch depicting two young women, possibly the artist's sister Violet and family friend Katie Vickers, reclining in the grass along side one another. Their eyes are closed, and one rests her head in her hand, while the other rests her head on the ground. Subject:  Figure group -- Female Portrait female -- Ormond, Francis, Mrs. (Violet Sargent) -- Bust Portrait female -- Vickers, Katie -- Bust Landscape Recreation -- Leisure State of Being -- Other -- Sleep Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028 Accession Number: 50.130.20 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Ormond, Francis, Mrs. (Violet), London, England until 1950. References:  Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 5, Figures and Landscapes, 1883-1899," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2010, no. 894. Ratcliff, Carter, "John Singer Sargent," Abbeville Press, New York, 1982. Burke, Doreen Bolger, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume III: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1846 and 1864," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, pg. 235. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975. Mount, Charles Merrill, "John Singer Sargent: a biography," London: Cresset Press, 1957 (K896). Illustration:  Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 5, Figures and Landscapes, 1883-1899," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2010, pg. 165. Ratcliff, "John Singer Sargent," New York, 1982, P.110 Burke, Doreen Bolger, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume III: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1846 and 1864," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, pg. 235. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 81710126   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 81710126 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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