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Property from a Direct Descendant of the Sitter

John Singer Sargent

Mrs. William George Raphael

Auction Closed

May 19, 03:38 PM GMT

Estimate

1,000,000 - 1,500,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Direct Descendant of the Sitter

John Singer Sargent

1856 - 1925

Mrs. William George Raphael


signed John S. Sargent and dated 1906 (lower left)

oil on canvas

56 by 41 inches

(142.2 by 104.1 cm)

The sitter
Dorothy Raphael (Mrs. Henry Tufton, later Lady Hothfield), 1925 (by descent)
By descent to the present owner, 1981
Evan Charteris, John Sargent, London, 1927, p. 273 (as Mrs. William Raphael)
Charles Merrill Mount, John Singer Sargent: A Biography, New York, 1955, p. 439, no. 069 (as Mrs. William Raphael)
Charles Merrill Mount, John Singer Sargent: A Biography, London, 1957, p. 348, no. 069 (as Mrs. William Raphael
Charles Merrill Mount, John Singer Sargent: A Biography, New York, 1969, p. 449, no. 069 (as Mrs. William Raphael)
David McKibbin, "A Complete Checklist of Sargent's Portraits," Sargent's Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 1956, p. 118
Stanley Chapman, Raphael Bicentenary 1787-1987, London, England, 1987, p. 33
Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, John Singer Sargent: The Later Portraits, New Haven, Connecticut, 2003, pp. 171, 299, no. 516, illustrated