Lot 75
  • 75

John Singer Sargent

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • John Singer Sargent
  • Lake Garda
  • signed John S. Sargent (lower left); titled "Lake of Garda", probably in another hand (verso)
  • watercolor with traces of pencil on paper laid down on board, unframed
  • 16 by 20 3/4 in
  • 40.5 by 52.5 cm.
  • Executed in 1913

Provenance

Scott & Fowles, New York
Mrs. Ralph J. King, Cleveland (circa 1920s)
By descent in the family of the above, the great-grandmother of the present owner

Exhibited

Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2nd International Exhibition of Water Color Paintings, April 15 - May 21, 1922
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Fourth Exhibition of Water Colors and Pastels, 1927

Condition

in good condition; very mild soiling to surface: a few scattered specks of foxing; otherwise colors are fresh and vivid and even the blank areas look OK
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