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The image shows two figures in draped garments covering their entire bodies, including their heads. Both figures are standing, with one figure having arms down and the other with an arm raised near the face area, holding onto the garment. The facial features and hair are not visible due to the coverage of the draped fabric. The fabric is flowing and gathered, creating a draping effect. There are no visible jewelry or objects aside from the fabric. The background is plain and unadorned.
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The image shows two figures in draped garments covering their entire bodies, including their heads. Both figures are standing, with one figure having arms down and the other with an arm raised near the face area, holding onto the garment. The facial features and hair are not visible due to the coverage of the draped fabric. The fabric is flowing and gathered, creating a draping effect. There are no visible jewelry or objects aside from the fabric. The background is plain and unadorned.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

Bedouin Women

John Singer Sargent

Date
1890-1891
Medium
charcoal on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 25.4 × 34.93 cm (10 × 13 3/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2015.19.711
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Francis Ormond, sisters of the artist, 1949)
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • Women
  • women
  • figure
Provenance

Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Violet Sargent Ormond (sisters of the artist), Surrey, England; National Gallery (now known as the Smithsonian American Art Museum), Washington, DC, 1929, left in storage at the Corcoran Gallery of Art; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1949; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Inscription

lower left in graphite by unknown: J.S. 13

NGA object ID 97583. 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.