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 | Cicely Horner c. 1889 Private Collection Unknown, USA | 
From: Bonhams & Butterfield
A letter
dated 1924, relating to the provenance of this painting accompanies the lot. It
states in part: The Sargent picture "Lady Horner's Daughter" was
painted by Sargent at least fifteen years ago. It came through Mrs. C. Lewis
Hind of London direct from the family, within the last three years./Mrs. Hind
took... | GA | igrkio |
 | Classic and Romantic Art 1921 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Claude Monet in his Bateau-Atelier c. 1887 |
See also:
Claude Monet
Painting
c. 1885
Portrait of Claude
Monet
1889
Note:
There is
some confusion to dating of these informal
plein air paintings with Monet. The
SIRIS site
has the date of this one as being 1889, although I have found sources that say
he canceled a visit with Monet at Giverny that... | GA | igrkio |
 | Claude Monet Painting 1885 |
When
Sargent arrived in Paris to
formally study painting in 1874, it was the same year of the Monet was
showing at the Exhibition of
Independents and was nine years after the scandalous exhibition of Edouard
Manet's Olympia. By 1885-1887 (as the exact date of this painting is in
question) the Impressionist moment was in full swing. Though... | GA | igrkio |
 | Clementina Anstruther-Thomson 1889 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Description:
Three-quarter-length
portrait of Clementina Anstruther-Thomson (1857-1921) standing outdoors. She
wears a walking suit and hat. Her hands hold her coat at her chest.
Portrait of Miss Clementina
1889
Note:
Bibliography:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete... | GA | igrkio |
 | Cliffs at Deir el Bahri, Egypt 1890-1891 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | GA | igrkio | |
 | Colonel Ian Hamilton 1898 |
From: Tate Gallery Display Caption
(26-Oct-1992)
Until the
First World War (1914-1918) military service was still perceived as a noble and
useful profession for the British aristocracy, who functioned as guardians of
the British Empire. General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton (1853-1947) is
portrayed as Colonel and Commander of the 3rd... | GA | igrkio |
 | Colorful Pavements, Sicily Watercolor Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Sargent's
interest in the beautiful pavement of Italy is really quite fascinating.
Although this particular watercolor is not dated (by the source I had) he was
in Sicily to see the Cathedral in Palermo (according to Olson) in 1897. The
following year (1898) when he went to Venice, he painted the remarkable work
titled "The Pavement" at the... | GA | igrkio |
 | Coming Down From Mont Blanc 1911 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | Coming of the Americans 1922 Widener Memorial Library Cambridge, MA |
Notes
Bibliography:
Margaret E.
Gilman, "The Sargent Panels in the Widener
Library", Harvard Graduates' Magazine, Dec. 1922, pp. 215-216
Harvard
Crimson, Dec. 4, 1928
John Walker
III, "To the Editor of the Crimson", Harvard Crimson, June 7, 1929
"Sargent Murals Well Received at First Appearance",
Harvard Crimson, June 8, 1929, p. 1... | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent
