Madame
Paul
Poirson
John
Singer
Sargent
-- American painter
1885
Detroit Institute of Arts
Oil on canvas
149.9 x 85 cm (59 x 33
1/2 in.)
Inscribed: (Upper left:)
John S. Sargent 1885
Founders Society
Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Manoogian, Beatrice W.
Rogers Bequest Fund, Gibbs-Williams Fund, and Ralph Harman Booth
Bequest Fund
jpg: net
In
1883 John Singer Sargent rented a studio owned by Paul Poirson.
According to family history this portrait of Poirson's wife was done in
lieu of a rent payment. Sargent's friendly relationship with the
Poirsons made this work more personal than the business transaction
might suggest.
(dia.org7-1-2001)
Notes
Provenance:
Formerly
in the collection of Poirson, Paul, Mrs.,
Poirson, Charles, Mrs.,
Poirson, Gerard,
Purchased 1973.
Bibliography:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings;
volume 1, The early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press,
1998, no. 128.
Detroit Institute of Arts, 1977.
McKibbin, David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.
Illustration:
Ormond,
Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings;
volume 1, The early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press,
1998, pg. 127.
Antiques (Dec. 1975), p. 1108.
SIRIS IAP 24150594
CMM 851
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