Studies of a Soldier Drinking, for Gassed (recto); Studies of a Male Nude (verso)

1918–19
(American, 1856–1925)
Sheet: 48.1 x 62.6 cm (18 15/16 x 24 5/8 in.); Overall: 48.1 x 62.5 cm (18 15/16 x 24 5/8 in.)
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Location: not on view

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In 1919, Sargent exhibited a large painting at the Royal Academy of Art in London called Gassed. The Dressing Station at Le Bac and on the Doullers-Arras Road. The British War Memorial Committee had commissioned the work from him as a way of honoring the sacrifices of World War I. The subject was based on a scene the artist actually witnessed during his visit to battlefields in France in 1918. This drawing is a study for one of the soldiers in the painting, which now hangs in the Imperial War Museum in London.
Studies of a Soldier Drinking, for Gassed (recto); Studies of a Male Nude (verso)

Studies of a Soldier Drinking, for Gassed (recto); Studies of a Male Nude (verso)

1918–19

John Singer Sargent

(American, 1856–1925)
America, 19th century

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