John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)

Girl Fishing

Details

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)
Girl Fishing
signed 'John S. Sargent' (upper left)--dated '1913' (upper right)
oil on canvas
19½ x 28¼ in. (49.6 x 71.8 cm.)

Provenance

The artist.
M. Knoedler & Co., London, acquired from the above, 1913.
Charles S. Carstairs, 1914.
Daniel Farr, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Stephen C. Clark, New York.
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, acquired from the above, 1929.
Anna Eugenia La Chapelle, New York, 1929.
By descent to the late owner.

Literature

W.H. Downes, John S. Sargent: His Life and Work, Boston, Massachusetts, 1925, pp. 258-59.
E. Charteris, John Sargent, London, 1927, p. 295 (as Girl Fishing on a Beach).
C.M. Mount, John Singer Sargent: A Biography, New York, 1955, p. 451, no. K131.
C.M. Mount, John Singer Sargent: A Biography, London, 1957, p. 361, no. K131.
C.M. Mount, John Singer Sargent: A Biography, New York, 1969, p. 477, no. K131.

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Lot Essay

This work will be included in the forthcoming Volume VIII of the John Singer Sargent Catalogue Raisonné by Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray in collaboration with Warren Adelson and Elizabeth Oustinoff and published by Yale University Press.

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