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43 - John Singer SARGENT (1856–1925)
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Estimate €80,000 - €120,000
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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 _____ 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
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