JOHN SINGER SARGENT (1856-1925)

Property from the Estate of MRS. MARSHALL FIELD, III

Details

JOHN SINGER SARGENT (1856-1925)

Base of a Palace

watercolor on paper laid down on board
14¼ x 20in. (36.3 x 51cm.)

Provenance

M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York
Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, New York
M. Knoelder & Co., Inc., New York
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Field, III, Chicago, Illinois

Exhibited

New York, M. Knoedler & Co. Inc., The Watercolors of John Singer Sargent and Edward Darley Boit, 1909, no. 8
Paris, France, Musee du Jeu de Paume, Trois Siecles d'Art aux Etats-Unis, 1938, no. 151, as Palais de Venise

Lot Essay

The palace at the right of the picture is Palazzo Corner della Regina. Another closely related watercolor, Monte di Pieta, was exhibited at the Royal Academy, London in the 1926 Sargent memorial exhibition.

This watercolor will be included in Richard Ormond's and Elaine Kilmurray's forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work.