John Singer Sargent
Portrait of Mrs. Charles B Alexander
Dated: 1902

Description:    

Three-quarter-length seated portrait of Mrs. Charles Beatty Alexander (nee Harriet Crocker 1859-1935) wearing a white satin gown with gold embellishments and a white boa. She wears a pearl necklace and is holding a fan in her right hand.

(SIRIS)

Note:

Exhibitions:    

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts One Hundred First Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1906, no. 528.

Bibliography:    

Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, no. 419.

McKibbin, David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.

Illustration:    

Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, pg. 75.

SIRIS IAP 81690042

Sale:

Offered not sold Christie's; 5/25/1989; Lot 235; $250,000-$450,000

Sourse: Natasha Wallace Contributor: igrkio