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 | Earl of Wemyss and March c. 1908 Private Collection Unknown, USA | 
The Earl of Wemyss and March
1909
Notes:
Special
thanks to Matt Davies, of Kansas City, a friend of the JSS Gallery, for sending
me a note regarding this image.
From John
Sargent, 1927, by the Hon. Evan Charteris (published by Charles Scribner's
Sons). (Charteris was one of the
Souls, and knew Sargent well.)
Philip... | GA | igrkio |
 | The Black Brook c.1908 |
The
painting is of Rose-Marie Ormond, (Sargent's niece), daughter to Violet Sargent
Ormond, (Sargent's youngest sister).
Rose-Marie Ormond
(later Madame Robert André-Michel)
Date?
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 | Cashmere 1908 Collection of William and Melinda Gates USA |
The
painting is of Sargent's neice,
Reine Ormond, in an exotic cashmere shawl in seven
different poses. Reine Ormond would have been about
11 years old.
Copyright
1999 Natasha Wallace all rights reserved
Subject:
Who was the lady in Cashmere?
From: Natasha Wallace
10/16/99
In compairing my information on Cashmere with... | GA | igrkio |
 | Marie Marguerite Renet Ormond (1847-1925) c. 1908 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
She is the
mother-in-law to John S. Sargent's little sister
Violet (Sargent) Ormond. Violet had married Marie
Marguerite's only child Francis Ormond in 1891 and from the marriage they would
give her six grandchildren.
According
to Richard Ormond (great grandson to Marie Marguerite and great nephew to John
Singer Sargent) Marie Marguerite... | GA | igrkio |
 | The Moraine 1908 Curtis Galleries, Inc. Minneapolis, MN |
Moraine:
(noun) an accumulation of earth and stones carried and finally deposited by a
glacier.
Notes:
Special
thanks to Michele Lener, of Italy, a friend of the JSS Gallery, for sending me
a link to this image.
Exhibitions
Sargent in
Italy, 2002-2003
Sale
Sold
Christies; 5/26/1999; Lot 90; $772,500
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 | Mosquito Nets 1908 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI |
The
painting was done in Valdemosa, Majorca, where they
were spending an autumn. Sargent's older sister Emily, is in the chair (foreground)
reading a book, with their friend Eliza Wedgwood, a member of the famous
porcelain manufacturing family, on the sofa (background), either reading or
writing a letter.
Eliza said
of it, "Sargent painted... | GA | igrkio |
 | Purtud: Fir Trees and Snow Mountains 1908 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Notes:
Sale
Sold at
Sotheby's New York, 30 Nov 2005; Session 1, Sale No. N08134,
Lot 23;
Sold $51,000 USD ( was estimated
25,000—30,000 USD)
This
watercolor will be included in a forthcoming volume of the J.S. Sargent
catalogue raisonné by Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, in
collaboration with Warren Adelson and Elizabeth... | GA | igrkio |
 | The Mosquito Net 1908 The White House Collection Washington, D.C. |
Notes
Lycos did
not date the painting. It apepars to be the same time as Mosquito Nets 1908.
The SIRIS thinks the date might be 1910
References:
White
House, 1988.
Hoopes,
Donelson F., "The Private World of John Singer Sargent," New York:
Shorewood Publishers Inc., (Corcoran Gallery of Art), 1964.
Illustration: ... | GA | igrkio |
 | Iflex Wood, Majorca 1908 Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Madrid, Spain |
From: Thyssen-Bornemisza
"Sargent visited Majorca in 1908 following his decision to
give up painting society portraits. Carrascal,
Majorca lacks the emphasis of his previous works. The foreground is taken up by
a low wall and dense foliage, barely leaving room for the sky. The brushstroke
is fluid and open.
"Sargent, however, distanced himself... | GA | igrkio |
 | Valdemosa, Majorca, Pomegranates 1908 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Sargent
did a number of paintings of Pomegranates which are all attributed to the 1908
trip to Majorca, Spain. Two of which are:
Pomegranates,
Majorca
The Warner
Collection of Gulf States Paper Corp., Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Oil on
Canvas
71.8 x 56.5
cm (28.25 x 22.25 in)
Pomegranates
The
Brooklyn Museum, New York
Watercolor
and pencil on... | GA | igrkio |
- John Singer Sargent
