JOHN SINGER SARGENT (1856-1925)

Details

JOHN SINGER SARGENT (1856-1925)

Colorful Pavements, Sicily

bears inscription 97 Saluti-Venice by J.S. Sargent E.S. on the reverse -- watercolor and pencil on paper
10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.6 cm.)

Provenance

Emily Sargent
Christie's, London, 5/13/66
M.R. Schweitzer Gallery, New York
Davis & Long Co., New York
Meredith Long, Houston
Private Collection, Houston
Private Collection, Buffalo

Literature

W.H. Downes, John Sargent, Boston, 1926, 2nd ed., p. 346

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, Works by the Late John S. Sargent, 1976, no. 151
York, England, City Art Gallery, Loan Exhibition, 1926, no. 93

Lot Essay

This painting which has been signed by the artist's sister Emily, will be included in Richard Ormond and Odile Duff's forthcoming catalogue raisonne of Sargent's work. According to the authors, this watercolor represents a mosaic pavement of the Cathedral of Montreale in Palermo, Sicily. Sargent was painting here in 1901.