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“This painting shows a pathway lined with short pillars and steps adorned with red flags on the left side and a tree-filled area on the right. The leaves overhead cast dappled shadows on the tan ground. The sky behind the brown tree branches is light blue. The brushstrokes in the painting are loose and impressionistic.”
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“This painting shows a pathway lined with short pillars and steps adorned with red flags on the left side and a tree-filled area on the right. The leaves overhead cast dappled shadows on the tan ground. The sky behind the brown tree branches is light blue. The brushstrokes in the painting are loose and impressionistic.”

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A War Memorial

John Singer Sargent

Date
1918
Medium
watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions
sheet: 36.6 × 53.8 cm (14 7/16 × 21 3/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2010.93.9
Credit line
Joseph F. McCrindle Collection
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • Impressionist
  • Trees
  • Flags
  • Memorial
  • World War I
  • military
Provenance

Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, c. 1972; bequest to NGA, 2008.

Inscription

center verso in graphite by unknown hand: 2952

NGA object ID 129321. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.