There are two additional paintings which Sargent did of Jefferson. One was a much smaller oil bust portrait (47 x 38 cm) which John kept in his collection until his death. A second was done of Jefferson as Rip Van Winkle and is curently in the collection of University of Georgia, Georgia Museum of Art
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Players Club, 16 Gramercy Park, New York, New York
Joseph Jefferson, (painting).
Dates: 1890.
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Dimensions: 18 1/2 x 15 in. (47 x 38 cm)
Inscription: (Upper right:) J. S. S. signed
Description: Portrait sketch of Joseph Jefferson (1829-1905).
Subject: Portrait male -- Jefferson, Joseph -- Bust
Owner: Anonymous Collection.
Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Sargent, John Singer, until 1925.
Ormond, Violet, until 1955.
Pitman, Hugo, Mrs. (Reine), until 1971.
Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915, no. 3632.
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 2, Portraits of the 1890s," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2002, no. 274.
Ormond, Richard, "John Singer Sargent: paintings, drawings, watercolors," New York: Harper & Row, 1970.
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 2, Portraits of the 1890s," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2002, pg. 53.
Ormond, Richard, "John Singer Sargent: paintings, drawings, watercolors," New York: Harper & Row, 1970., pl. 74.
Joe Jefferson as Rip Van Winkle, (painting).
Medium:
Oil.
Dimensions:
10 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (cm. 26.0 x 19.1)
Subject:
Portrait male -- Jefferson, Joseph -- Bust
Performing Arts -- Theater -- Performer
Owner:
University of Georgia, Georgia Museum of Art, 90 Carlton Street, Athens, Georgia 30602
References:
Owner, 1975.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Control Number:
IAP 10420113