The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), opened the doors of its new wing for the Art of the Americas on Saturday, November 20. 2010. The Art of the Americas Wing allows for the display of more than 5,000 works from the Museum‘s American collections, more than doubling the number previously on view. It represents the most expansive initiative focused on American art and culture happening in the world today, broadening the definition to include works from North, Central, and South America that span the course of three millennia, up to the late 20th century.
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A special feature of the new wing was more than 25 paintings, watercolors, and drawings by John Singer Sargent:
They included:
Venice: La Dogana
John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)
1911
Translucent and opaque watercolor with graphite on paper
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Hayden Collection—Charles Henry Hayden Fund
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Corfu: Lights and Shadows
John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)
1909
Translucent watercolor, with touches of opaque watercolor, over graphite on paper
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Hayden Collection—Charles Henry Hayden Fund
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Bridge of Sighs
John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)
about 1903–1904
Translucent and opaque watercolor with graphite and red pigmented underdrawing on moderately thick, rough, diagonal
textured wove paper.
*Purchased by Special Subscription. Courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum
*Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Venice: Under the Rialto Bridge
John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)
1909
Translucent watercolor, with touches of opaque watercolor, over graphite on paper
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Hayden Collection—Charles Henry Hayden Fund
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Villa di Marlia, Lucca: A Fountain
John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)
1910
Translucent watercolor, with touches of opaque watercolor and wax resist, over graphite on paper
*Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Hayden Collection—Charles Henry Hayden Fund
*Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Simplon Pass: The Lesson
John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)
1911
Translucent watercolor, with touches of opaque watercolor and wax resist, over graphite on paper
* The Hayden Collection—Charles Henry Hayden Fund
* Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Santa Maria della Salute
John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)
1904
Translucent and opaque watercolor and graphite with graphite underdrawing on moderately thick, rough wove paper.
*Purchased by Special Subscription. Courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum
*Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston