Executed in 1917 while John Singer Sargent was working on his second portrait of John D. Rockefeller, the present work depicts a fountain on the grounds of Kykuit, the Rockefeller estate in Pocantico Hills, New York. . . . This painting will be included the forthcoming J.S. Sargent catalogue raisonné by Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, in collaboration with Warren Adelson and Elizabeth Oustinoff.
(Sothebys)
Sold Sothebys; Session 1; May 21 2003, 2:00 PM; Sale N07904, lot 140; $ 310,400 USD
Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Memorial Exhibition of the Works of John Singer Sargent, November-December 1925, no. 77, p. 23 Literature: Inventory of works in the Boston studio of the artist, April 28, 1925