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John Singer Sargent, American
(1856 - 1925)
Johannes Wolff (1863-1931), 1897
Oil on canvas
66.1 cm x 64.3 cm, actual
Fogg Art Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop, 1943.151
Signature: u.r.: John S. Sargent 97
Marks:
inscription: in the artist's hand, upper edge, oil paint, u.r.: John S. Sargent 97: a mon ami Johannes Wolff.
inscription: paper tape on back of stretcher, graphite, u.r.: John S. Sargent 97: H 30 W 25 1/4
inscription: back of stretcher, blue pencil, u.r.: John S. Sargent 97: 22444
inscription: back of stretcher, white chalk, u.r.: John S. Sargent 97: 14
Provenance:
Winthrop, Grenville L. (Owner)., Bequest to Fogg Art Museum 1943.
Bibliography:
Mrs. Alice Christiana (Thompson) Meynell, The Work of John S. Sargent, R. A. (London, England and New York, NY, 1903), repr. full page, b/w (unpaginated)
William Howe Downes, John S. Sargent, His Life and Work (Boston, MA, 1925), p. 183
Evan Charteris, John Sargent (New York, NY, 1927), p. 266
Helen Thompson and Edward Alden Jewell, American Painters Memorial Exhibition, exh. cat., College Art Association (New York, NY, 1934), no. 32
Percy Colson, A Story of Christie's (London, England, 1950), p. 117
Charles Merrill Mount, John Singer Sargent, a Biography [1st ed.] (New York, NY, 1955), no. 974, p. 435
David McKibbin, Sargent's Boston, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, MA, 1956), p. 132, Check List of Sargent's Portraits
John Singer Sargent, His Own Work (New York, NY, 1980), in checklist, unpaginated
Trevor Fairbrother, John Singer Sargent and America (New York, NY, 1986), p. 325
Trevor Fairbrother, John Singer Sargent (New York, NY, 1994), p. 101
Trevor Fairbrother, John Singer Sargent: the Sensualist (Seattle, WA and New Haven, CT, 2000), p. 30
Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, John Singer Sargent: Portraits of the 1890s (New Haven, CT and London, England, 2002), no. 341; p. 82, note 14; p. 128, under no. 342
"Art: The Hundred Best Academy Pictures", The Academy, p. 504
Royal Cortissoz, "John S. Sargent", Scribner's Magazine, p. 532; repr. p. 520
Exhibition History:
Annual Exhibition, 1898, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 01/01/1898 - 12/31/1898
American Painters Memorial Exhibition Since 1900, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, 09/01/1934 - 09/30/1934; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, 10/07/1934 - 10/28/1934
For Students of Art and Lovers of Beauty: Highlights from the Collection..., Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/16/2004 - 01/01/1900
Keywords: Portraits--Male