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 | On the Verandah (Ironbound Island, Maine) 1920-1922? Private Collection Unknown, USA | 
Sargent
painted his friend and artist Dwight Blaney. This would be one of Sargent's
last scene paintings.
From: Ben Blaney
bb la
ney@ironbound.net
Date: Wednesday, December 17-20, 2003
JSS visited
my grandfather Dwight Blaney several times on Ironbound Island, and made at
least 7 paintings there, only 2 of which I found on... | GA | igrkio |
 | Orestes 1922-25 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
Here we see
Orestes haunted by Furies, the goddesses of vengeance.
From: World Book Online Americas Edition
Orestes, in
Greek mythology, was the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, the rulers of
Mycenae, or Argos. Clytemnestra and her lover, Aegisthus,
killed Agamemnon after he returned from the Trojan War. Fearing that Orestes
was also in... | GA | igrkio |
 | Portrait of Emily Winthrop Miles (Mrs. Corey Lucien Miles) 1924 | GA | igrkio | |
 | Portrait of Kate Winthrop Morse (Mrs. Darwin S. Morse) 1924 | GA | igrkio | |
 | Science 1922-25 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
Notes:
Special
thanks to Todd Milligan of Oakville, ON, Canada, a friend of the JSS Gallery,
for his help with research on this work of art.
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 | Sir Philip Sassoon 1923 |
charcoal drawing of Sir Philip Sassoon
1923?
See
Sargent's paintings of Sasson's sister:
Sibyl
Sasson-Countess of Rocksavage
1913
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 | Sir William Hedworth 1924 Private Collection Unknown, USA | GA | igrkio | |
 | The Artist Sketching 1922 Private collection on loan to the Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI |
I have been
told that Edith was the photographer of the photo of Sargent
on Dwight's yacht [Thumbnail]. Note that Sargent, who
always like to paint under a large parasol/umbrella,
had no place to put the parasol on board the boat, so he tied it to his leg,
with supporting stays to various parts of the boat. Several of those lines are
visible in... | GA | igrkio |
 | The Countess of Rocksavage later Marchioness of Cholmondeley (Sybil Sassoon) 1922 Private Collection Unknown, USA |
Three-quarter-length
standing portrait of the Countess of Rocksavage wearing a black dress with
stand-up collar, gold panel down the front, red accents, and gold train hanging
for the shoulders. She wears several long strands of pearls with a gold winged
jewel hanging at her breast. She holds a single flower in her right... | GA | igrkio |
 | The Hon. Clare Stuart-Wortley 1923 |
Note:
The museum
has her name spelled Stuart-Worthley, but Stuart-Wortley is I assume the
correct spelling as that is a well-known British aristocratic name -- Matt
Davies.
Sale:
Sold
Christies; 12/2/1998; Lot 41; $57,500
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- John Singer Sargent
