Lot 64
  • 64

John Singer Sargent 1856 - 1925

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
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Description

  • John Singer Sargent
  • Elsie Wagg
  • signed twice John S. Sargent (upper left and lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 40 by 27 3/4 inches
  • (101.6 by 70.5 cm)
  • Painted circa 1893.

Provenance

Elsie Wagg, circa 1893 (commissioned from the artist)
Alfred Wagg, 1949 (her brother)
Mrs. Muriel Gore (his daughter)
Thomas Agnew and Sons, London, 1969
Denys Miller Sutton, London
By descent to the present owner

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, Exhibition of Works by the Late John S. Sargent, R.A., January-March 1926, no. 36, p. 12
Tokyo, Japan, Isetan Museum of Art; Yamaguchi City, Japan, Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art; Kumamoto, Japan, Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art; Shiga, Japan, Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, John Singer Sargent: Sargent Exhibition in Japan, January-June 1989, no. 33, pp. 142-43, illustrated in color pl. 75

Literature

William Howe Downes, John S. Sargent: His Life and Work, London, 1926, p. 342
Evan Charteris, John Sargent, London, 1927, p. 264
Charles Merrill Mount, John Singer Sargent: A Biography, London, 1957, no. 936, p. 434
David McKibbin, Sargent's Boston: With an Essay & Biographical Summary & a Complete Check List of Sargent's Portraits, Boston, Massachusetts, 1956, p. 128
T. Venison, "Thank You, Mrs. Wagg," Country Life, March 26, 1987, p. 134, illustrated fig. 6
Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, John Singer Sargent: Portraits of the 1890s, New Haven, Connecticut, 2002, vol. II, no. 288, p. 68, illustrated in color pp. 69, 180

Condition

This work is in good condition. The canvas is lined. There is some craquelure mostly in the white areas. Under UV: there is inpainting to address frame abrasion along all four edges and a few fine lines to address cracking near the arm of the chair.
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