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| Artist | John Singer Sargent |
| Year | c. 1905-1906 |
| Medium | Watercolor on cloth |
| Dimensions | 55.9 cm × 40.6 cm (22.0 in × 16.0 in) |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
Arab Woman is a watercolor painting by American artist John Singer Sargent, created c. 1905-1906. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.[1]
Prominent American painter John Singer Sargent took two notable trips to the Middle East during his lifetime; the first trip was to Greece, Egypt, and Turkey in 1890, while the second was to the-then Ottoman provinces of Syria and Palestine in 1905. These trips spurred Sargent to create a number of works of art concerning various subjects.[1]
Arab Woman was produced by Sargent during his one of his travels in the Middle East. The image, done in watercolor and gouache on woven white paper, depicts a veiled Muslim woman wearing a white niqāb. According to an inscription left by Sargent on the painting, the work is incomplete.[1]