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John Singer Sargent 1856 - 1925
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description
- John Singer Sargent
- Jerusalem
- inscribed Jerusalem on the reverse; also inscribed John S. Sargent and Jerusalem on the wood backing
- watercolor on paper
- 12 by 18 in.
- (30.5 by 45.7 cm)
- Executed circa 1905-6.
Provenance
Emily Sargent (the artist's daughter), 1925
Winthrop Sargent VIII (gifted from the above)
By descent in the family to the present owner
Winthrop Sargent VIII (gifted from the above)
By descent in the family to the present owner
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, Winter Exhibition of Works by the Late John Singer Sargent, R.A., January-March 1926, p. 71, no. 477 (as Bethlehem)
Literature
William Howe Downes, John S. Sargent: His Life and Works, London, 1926, p. 366
Catalogue Note
This fountain is in front of the al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, and is used as a ritual washing place by worshippers before they enter the mosque.