Lot 95
  • 95

John Singer Sargent

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • John Singer Sargent
  • Portrait of Edwin Greene
  • signed John S. Sargent (lower left) and dated 1914 (lower right)
  • charcoal on paper
  • 23 7/8 by 18 7/8 inches
  • (60.7 by 48 cm)

Provenance

Edwin Greene, Wilmington, Vermont (the sitter)
Stephen and Janet Greene, Wilmington, Vermont (by descent from the above)
Gift from the above to the present owner, 1997

Literature

David McKibbin, Sargent's Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 1956, p. 99

Condition

Charcoal on paper, mounted to paperboard at edges. In generally good condition aside from faint acid burn at extreme edges and a faint buckle to the sheet.
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