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John Singer SARGENT (1856–1925)
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John Singer SARGENT (1856–1925)
See original version (French)
Estimate €80,000 - €120,000
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Description
John Singer SARGENT (1856–1925)
Portrait of a Child, René Kieffer, 1879
Oil on canvas
signed and dated in the top left-hand corner
46 x 38 cm
Provenance: descendant of the sitter
Bibliography:
- Charles Merrill Mount, *John Singer Sargent: A Biography*, W.W. Norton & Company Inc., 1955, no. 793, p. 428
- David McKibbin, *Sargent’s Boston*, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1956, described on p. 104
- Charles Merrill Mount, *John Singer Sargent: A Biography*, New York: W.W. Norton & Company Inc., Kraus Reprint Co., 1969, p. 443
- Richard Ormond, Elaine Kilmurray, *John Singer Sargent: The Early Portraits*, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1998, described on p. 48, no. 28
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John Singer SARGENT (1856–1925)
Portrait of René Kieffer, 1879
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated upper left
46 × 38 cm
Provenance: By descent from the sitter’s family.
Literature:
- Charles Merrill Mount, *John Singer Sargent: A Biography*, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, 1955, no. 793, p. 428.
- David McKibbin, *Sargent’s Boston*, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1956, p. 104 (discussed).
- Charles Merrill Mount, *John Singer Sargent: A Biography*, New York, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.; Kraus Reprint Co., 1969, p. 443.
- Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, *John Singer Sargent: The Early Portraits*, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1998, p. 48, no. 28 (catalogue raisonné).
Expert: Elisabeth Maréchaux
See original version (French)
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