Portrait of
Mrs. Charles B
Alexander
John Singer
Sargent
-- American painter
1902
Private collection
Oil on canvas
147 x 96.5 cm (58 x 38 in.)
Inscribed: (Upper right:) John S. Sargent 1902
Jpeg: Askart.com
Description:
Three-quarter-length seated portrait of Mrs. Charles Beatty Alexander
(nee Harriet Crocker 1859-1935) wearing a white satin gown with gold
embellishments and a white boa. She wears a pearl necklace and is
holding a fan in her right hand.
(SIRIS)
Note:
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Alexander, Charles Beatty, Mrs., until
1935.
Whitridge, Arnold, Mrs., until 1973.
Whitridge, Arnold,
Christie's, New York, New York Sale (May 25, 1989), lot 235.
Exhibitions:
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts One Hundred First Annual
Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1906,
no. 528.
Bibliography:
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete
paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale
University Press, 2003, no. 419.
McKibbin, David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.
Illustration:
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete
paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale
University Press, 2003, pg. 75.
SIRIS IAP 81690042
Sale:
Offered not sold
Christie's; 5/25/1989;
Lot 235; $250,000-$450,000
Date by Charles Merrill
Mount list
- See the year in
review 1902
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