Property from a Private Collection, New York
North African Scene
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February 27, 05:19 PM GMT
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8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description
Property from a Private Collection, New York
Emily Sargent
1857 - 1936
North African Scene
signed Emily Sargent. (lower right)
watercolor and pencil on paper laid down on board
12 ½ by 18 ½ in.
31.8 by 47 cm.
Guillaume Ormond, Cornwall, England
Private Collection (acquired by descent from the above in 1971)
Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner
New York, Adelson Galleries, Inc., Sargent Abroad, 1997
Emily Sargent was an accomplished artist, known for her exceptional skill in watercolor. Sargent was trained informally alongside her older brother, the leading American watercolorist of the nineteenth and early-twentieth century, John Singer Sargent. Emily Sargent had a keen eye for light and landscape, and the artist frequently depicted scenes from her travels across Europe and North Africa. The present work is an exquisite example of Sargent’s keen interest in North African landscapes. Characterized by a fluid and atmospheric style, the present watercolor captures the essence of the locale to which Sargent pays homage. The present work is entirely fresh to market, and has been in the same private hands for over five decades, descending through the family of the artist.
