JOHN SINGER SARGENT (1856-1925)
The Cook's Boy
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JOHN SINGER SARGENT (1856-1925)
The Cook's Boy
signed and inscribed 'To my friend/Bacon/J. S. Sargent' (lower left)
oil on canvas
10 ⁷/₈ x 7 ³/₄ in. (27.6 x 19.7 cm.)
Painted in 1876.
The Cook's Boy
signed and inscribed 'To my friend/Bacon/J. S. Sargent' (lower left)
oil on canvas
10 ⁷/₈ x 7 ³/₄ in. (27.6 x 19.7 cm.)
Painted in 1876.
Provenance
The artist.
Henry A. Bacon, gift from the above.
Louisa Lee Andrews (secondly Mrs. Frederick Eldridge), wife of the above, 1912.
Caroline T. Andrews (secondly Mrs. Caroline T. Cooley), niece of the above, circa 1947.
Greene Gallery, New Rochelle, New York, acquired from the estate of the above, circa 1974.
Hirschl and Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, acquired from the above, 1974.
Private Collection, Ohio.
Henry A. Bacon, gift from the above.
Louisa Lee Andrews (secondly Mrs. Frederick Eldridge), wife of the above, 1912.
Caroline T. Andrews (secondly Mrs. Caroline T. Cooley), niece of the above, circa 1947.
Greene Gallery, New Rochelle, New York, acquired from the estate of the above, circa 1974.
Hirschl and Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, acquired from the above, 1974.
Private Collection, Ohio.
Literature
W.H. Downes, John S. Sargent, His Life and Work, Boston, Massachusetts, 1926, p. 336.
E. Charteris, John Sargent, New York, 1927, p. 284.
C.M. Mount, John Singer Sargent: A Biography, London, 1955, p. 442, no. K765.
C.M. Mount, John Singer Sargent: A Biography, London, 1957 p. 351, no. K765.
C.M. Mount, John Singer Sargent: A Biography, London, 1969 p. 458, no. K765.
R. Ormond and E. Kilmurray, John Singer Sargent: Figures and Landscapes, 1874-1882, New Haven, Connecticut, 2006, vol. IV, pp. 107, 394, no. 669, illustrated.
E. Charteris, John Sargent, New York, 1927, p. 284.
C.M. Mount, John Singer Sargent: A Biography, London, 1955, p. 442, no. K765.
C.M. Mount, John Singer Sargent: A Biography, London, 1957 p. 351, no. K765.
C.M. Mount, John Singer Sargent: A Biography, London, 1969 p. 458, no. K765.
R. Ormond and E. Kilmurray, John Singer Sargent: Figures and Landscapes, 1874-1882, New Haven, Connecticut, 2006, vol. IV, pp. 107, 394, no. 669, illustrated.
Exhibition
Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, A Catalogue of the Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the Late John Singer Sargent, 1925, p. 6, no. 35.
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