John Singer Sargent

signed with the initials J.S.S. and inscribed indistinctly (upper right)

13 ⅞ by 9 ⅞ in.

35.2 by 25.1 cm

Judith Gautier, France (acquired directly from the artist circa 1883 and until at least 1904)

Hotel Drouot, Paris, 18 January 1934, lot 125

Jean Pozzi, Paris (acquired at the above sale)

Hotel Drouot, Paris, 6 November 1970, lot 95 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, Paris 

Acquired from the above circa 2005 by the present owner

Paris, Centre Culturel Americain, John S. Sargent, 1856-1925, 1963, no. 27, pl. 11, n.p., illustrated

New York, Adelson Galleries, Sargent and Impressionism, 2010, pl. 4, n.p., illustrated in color

Remy de Gourmont, Judith Gautier, Paris, 1904, p. 33

Charles Mount, “John Singer Sargent and Judith Gautier,” Art Quarterly, 1955, fig. 4, p. 140, illustrated; pp. 141-42

Exh. Cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Sargent’s Boston, 1956, p. 97 (titled Among the Flowers)

Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, John Singer Sargent, The Early Portraits, Complete Paintings, vol. 1, New Haven and London, 1998, no. 79, p. 84, illustrated; p. 245

Exh Cat., New York, Adelson Galleries, Sargent’s Women, 2003, p. 128