Workmen at Carrara — John Singer Sargent Fine Art Poster
Workmen at Carrara — John Singer Sargent Fine Art Poster
Couldn't load pickup availability
The Story in the Margin
Painted in 1911 in the marble quarries of Carrara, Italy, this watercolor shows laborers hauling a massive rope used to move huge slabs of marble, with John Singer Sargent emphasizing the rope's sweeping curve over fine detail in the workers themselves. It is one of several watercolors Sargent made documenting the quarrymen of Carrara, a region he visited to study the labor behind one of art's essential materials. The painting belongs to the Art Institute of Chicago's Olivia Shaler Swan Collection.
Printed with archival giclée inks on smooth, acid-free 220 gsm gallery-grade fine-art paper; available in multiple sizes.
Share
As Featured In
I have bought three of these now for different rooms. The brushwork in Workmen at Carrara shows exactly why Sargent has the reputation. Everything down here fades in the heat, and this has held through an entire summer. This one is staying with us a long time.
My mother liked hers so much that I ordered one too. My daughter recognized Workmen at Carrara from her art class and was thrilled. It is the best thing in the mudroom now…
My husband spotted this months ago and I finally gave in. The scale works perfectly for Workmen at Carrara and nothing feels cramped.
Delivery was quick and the tracking actually updated. I keep noticing new corners of Workmen at Carrara weeks later. Our driver leaves everything at the end of a long gravel driveway and it still arrived in perfect shape. I would order from here again…