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 | Tamara Karsavina in the Title Role of 'Thamar' c. 1911-1912 | 
Tamara
Platonovna Karsavina (1885-1978)
one of the
great Russian ballet dancers. She first made her mark with the internationally
acclaimed Ballets Russes of Serge Diaghilev and was a true prima ballerina --
intelligent and gifted.
By 1912 (possibly
1911 as well based on Harvard dating) at the age of 27, she was performing... | GA | igrkio |
 | Olives in Corfu 1912 Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK |
Notes:
Inscriptions/Marks
1.
signature Position:
lower left
Content:
John S. Sargent
2.
date Position: lower
left
Content:
Corfu 1912
3.
label Position:
verso
Content:
R.A., 1926
Documentation
1. (1922)
Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Annual Report for 1922, Cambridge... | GA | igrkio |
 | Two Girls Fishing 1912 Cincinnati Art Museum Cincinnati, OH |
A painting
of Sargent's two nieces: Rose-Marie and Reine Ormond, during their trip to the
French Alps in 1912 when, according to the Cincinnati Art Museum, they all were
staying in the village of Abriès. The two girls are perched on the side
of an eddy from the cold snow-melt of a mountain stream. They sit crouched,
partly on rocks, in the quiet... | GA | igrkio |
 | Spanish Fountain (1) 1912 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY |
Spanish Fountain
(Fitzwilliam Museum)
1912
Note:
I'm a bit
confused about this painting. I found another image from Jim's Fine Art called
Spanish Fountain (same image as this and they had it listed at the Brooklyn
Museum:
Spanish
Fountain
1902
Brooklyn
Museum, New York
Watercolor
34.4 x 48.6
cm (13 9/16 x 19... | GA | igrkio |
 | Spanish Fountain (Fitzwilliam Museum) 1912 |
Spanish Fountain
1912
Note:
Exhibitions
John Singer
Sargent, An Exhibition -- Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago
1986-1987
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 | A Marble Fountain at Aranjuez 1912 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Notes:
Exhibitions
John Singer
Sargent, An Exhibition --
Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago 1986-1987
Sold
Sotheby's; 12/1/1994; Lot 33; $343,500
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 | Escutcheon of Charles V of Spain 1912 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY |
From: Dan Clarke
Dcl a
rke@ita.lacity.org
Date: Thu,
31 Oct 2002
This work
was done 1912 in Granada, Spain.
It shows simply the relief of the Escutcheon (breastplate) of the family
of Charles V of Spain, and is considered one of their most celebrated
watercolors by Sargent.
Every
review I've read describes it as "brilliant" and... | GA | igrkio |
 | Court of the Lions 1912 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Notes:
As of
December 31, 1999 the painting was offered for sale at
Adelson
Galleries
The Mark
Hotel
25 East
77th Street
Third
Floor
New York,
New York 10021
Phone:
(212) 439-6800
Email: info@adelsongalleries.com
Provenance
Year
Owner
1987
... | GA | igrkio |
 | A Palace and Gardens, Spain 1912 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
From Christie's Lot
Notes
In Sargent's A Palace and Gardens, Spain, the artist chooses
to paint a Baroque facade seen from a distance across a formal garden. The work
is freely sketched, as if the artist sought to capture a fleeting image of sunlight.
On the left, he paints leaves with staccato strokes of green and a hedge with a
broader... | GA | igrkio |
 | Sir William Blake Richmond RA (1842-1921) c. 1912 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Notes:
Special
thanks to Arthur Saltzman, of Costa Mesa, CA, a friend of the JSS Gallery, for
sending me this image in hard copy.
Exhibitions
1916, Royal
Society of Portrait Painters, hosted at the Grafton Galleries, London. Opened
June, 1916.
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- John Singer Sargent
