At one point it was thought that the person Sargent gave this to (D. Vergeses) was the subject but it was later believed that it probbaly wasn't.
From Andy Yelenak (Fri, Oct 24, 2008)
I've attached a shot of the museum's title card too. This is a small painting. I've included a poor shot of it in it's frame just for scale. I love the single stab of paint indicating the right wrist.
Special thanks to Andy Yelenak, an artist himself and a contributing friend of the JSS Gallery, for taking this picture to share with us.
Coll.checklist, 1972.
"John Singer Sargent, his own work," New York: Coe Kerr Gallery and Wittenborn Art Books, 1980.
Conrads, Margaret C., "American Paintings and Sculpture at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute," New York, NY: Hudson Hills Press, 1990, pg. 177.
"John Singer Sargent, his own work," New York: Coe Kerr Gallery and Wittenborn Art Books, 1980, Pl. 8
Conrads, Margaret C., "American Paintings and Sculpture at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute," New York, NY: Hudson Hills Press, 1990, pg. 178.
Catalogue
JSS: 20053
Assession: 1955.578
SIRIS IAP 23480019
CMM K815 - Femme avec Fourrures, inscribed: A mon ami Vergeres John S Sargent. 11 1/8 x 8 5/8, formerly Knoedler.