Blank page; verso: Triangular Compositions for Pendentive (?) 1892 - 1898

Curator: This is John Singer Sargent's "Blank page; verso: Triangular Compositions for Pendentive (?)" currently residing in the Harvard Art Museums. Editor: Oh, it looks like a bird in flight, or maybe a stylized crown—but upside down. I sense possibilities here, a blueprint perhaps? Curator: Precisely! These are indeed studies, likely for architectural decorations, where those triangles might form the support, the pendentive, for a dome. It speaks to a universal longing for order. Editor: The bareness is interesting. It's not just a drawing, it's a diagram. I wonder what grand space he envisioned these for. Curator: Sargent often returned to classical forms. The triangle, after all, represents stability and balance in many cultures. Here, they create potential, a framework for something larger. Editor: It's fascinating how a simple sketch can evoke so much space and symbolism. Thank you, John, for reminding me about the beauty of beginnings. Curator: Indeed, a fascinating glimpse into an artist's process where form meets symbolic weight.