Staircase in
Capri
John Singer
Sargent -- American
painter
1878
Private
collection, London
Oil on canvas
81.9 x 46.3
cm (32 1/4
x 18 1/4 in.)
Jpg: The
Pragmatic Romanticist
Notes
Sale from Pamela Harriman
estate,
the late U.S. ambassador to France.
CNN,
Interactive "History on the auction block with Harriman estate";
May
20, 1997
"Staircase in
Capri," an
oil painting by John Singer Sargent, fetched $1.43 million, the highest
bid at Sotheby's on Monday night. Its presale estimate was $750,000 to
$1 million.
"There were clearly a
lot of people
bidding tonight who knew her and wanted to own something that she
owned,"
said Diana Brooks, Sotheby's president.
Bidders showed interest
in momentoes
from the powerful political figures surrounding the former
ambassador,
including her first father-in-law, Sir Winston Churchill, and her third
husband, former New York Gov. Averell Harriman.
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