Lot Essay
This watercolor will be included in the forthcoming John Singer Sargent catalogue raisonné by Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, in collaboration with Warren Adelson and Elizabeth Oustinoff.
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Corfu
Details
John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)
Corfu
watercolor and pencil on paper
14 x 20 in. (35.6 x 50.8 cm.)
Executed circa 1909.
Corfu
watercolor and pencil on paper
14 x 20 in. (35.6 x 50.8 cm.)
Executed circa 1909.
Provenance
Miss Emily Sargent, sister of the artist.
Agnew's, London, England.
The Milch Galleries, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Potamkin, New York, 1964.
Sotheby's, New York, 21 May 2003, lot 58.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Agnew's, London, England.
The Milch Galleries, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Potamkin, New York, 1964.
Sotheby's, New York, 21 May 2003, lot 58.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
W.H. Downes, John S. Sargent, Boston, Massachusetts, 1925, p. 234. C.M. Mount, John Singer Sargent: A Biography, New York, 1969, p. 474.
R. Rice, "Made in the U.S.A.," Philadelphia City Paper, June 23, 1989, p. 9.
R. Rice, "Made in the U.S.A.," Philadelphia City Paper, June 23, 1989, p. 9.
Exhibited
London, England, Royal Academy of Arts, Exhibition of the Works of the late John Singer Sargent, R.A., Winter Exhibition, 1926, no. 548. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, William Penn Memorial Museum, An Alumnus Salutes Dickinson College 200th Anniversary (From the Collection of Meyer and Vivian Potamkin), November 1972-January 1973, no. 133.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, American Art from the Collection of Vivian and Meyer P. Potamkin, June-October 1989, p. 13.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, American Watercolors at the Pennsylvania Academy, October 2000-January 2001.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, American Art from the Collection of Vivian and Meyer P. Potamkin, June-October 1989, p. 13.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, American Watercolors at the Pennsylvania Academy, October 2000-January 2001.