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Mosquito Nets

1908
Oil on canvas
56.5 x 71.8 cm (22 1/4 x 28 1/4 in.)

Detroit Institute of Arts

Detroit, MI

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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...
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Purtud: Fir Trees and Snow Mountains

1908
Watercolor on paper
50.8 x 35.6 cm (20 x 14 in.)

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

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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...
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The Mosquito Net

1908
Oil on canvas
57.5 x 72.4 cm (22 5/8 x 28 1/2 in.)

The White House Collection

Washington, D.C.

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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:    ...
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Iflex Wood, Majorca

1908
Oil on canvas
57 x 71 cm (22.5 x 23.9 in.)

Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza

Madrid, Spain

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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...
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Valdemosa, Majorca: Thistles and Herbage on a Hillside

1908
Oil on canvas
overall: 55.8 x 71.1 cm (21 15/16 x 28 in.) framed: 80.7 x 96.5 x 5.4 cm (31 3/4 x 38 x 2 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

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Valdemosa, Majorca, Pomegranates

1908
Oil on board
71.12 x 99.06 cm (39 x 28 in.)

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

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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...
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Ilex Wood at Majorca with Blue Pigs

1908
Oil on Canvas
22.25 x 28.25 In

Cedarhurst Center For The Arts

Mt. Vernon, IL

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Pomegranates, Majorca

c. 1908
Oil on canvas
71.8 x 56.5 cm (28 1/4 x 22 1/4 in.)

The Warner Collection of Gulf States Paper Corporation

Tuscaloosa, AL

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Pomegranates (Oil)

1908
Oil on canvas
73 x 56.5 cm (28 3/4 x 22 1/4 in)

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

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The Patio

1908
Watercolor with traces of gouache over graphite
53.2 x 34.6 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, OH

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