Where are the John Singer Sargent paintings in Widener?

In 1920, Harvard commissioned Sargent to produce two paintings for the main stairwell at Widener Library as part of the University’s tribute to its World War I dead.  The murals, Death and Victory & Entering the War, occupy arched panels over fourteen feet high at the top of the stairs.

For more information, please see

• "The Art of Selling War: Sargent's World War I Murals for Harvard University," by Jane Dini, in Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin, Special Issue Sargent at Harvard, Vol. 7, no. 1., edited by Miriam Stewart and Kerry Schauber.  Analyzes the sources and cultural contexts for the Widener murals.

• Sargent at Harvard, a database of images and text,  Harvard Art Museums archived site. (Note: Search is not possible in this archived version.)

• John Singer Sargent's Death and Victory on John Singer Sargent Virtual Gallery, a private website.