Little is known about the painting. Apparently the name was taken from the Knoedler gallery records (one of the owners in the chain of title) which sources the previous owner for the information.
New York, World's Fair, 1940
Frederic Fairchild Sherman, "Some Early Paintings by John S. Sargent," Art in American and Elsewhere, June 1933, p. 94, illustrated p. 97 Art News, March 1, 1945, illustrated David McKibbin, Sargent's Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 1956, p. 83 Charles Merrill Mount, John Singer Sargent: A Biography, New York, 1969, no. 833, p. 431 Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, John Singer Sargent: The Early Portraits, Complete Paintings, Volume I, New Haven, Connecticut, 1998, no. 110, pp. 110, 248, illustrated in color p. 110
Sold at Sothebys; Session 1; 04 Dec 2002, 10:15 AM; Sale# N07854, lot 32; $2,209,500
Selling from the estate of Ogden Phipps