Portrait
of
Mrs. Phipps
and Her Grandson Winston
John
Singer
Sargent
-- American painter
1906
Old Westbury Gardens, Old Westbury, New York
Oil on canvas
149.9 x 99.1 cm (59 x 39 in.)
Inscription: (Upper left:) John S. Sargent (Upper
right:) 1907 signed
Jpg:
Friend of the JSS Gallery / The Athenaeum
From: Barbara Ann Levine
bar ba n22@optonline.net
Date: Sat,
02 Apr 2005
The painting by Sargent of Mrs. Phipps and Winston Guest is hanging in
the Phipps dining room of Old Westbury Gardens, Old Westbury, Long
Island, NY, which in now open to the public. According to the plaque it
was done in 1906.
From:
SIRIS
Double
portrait of Mrs. Phipps with her grandson, Winston Guest (1906-1982)
seated on her lap. Mrs. Phipps wears a white gown with dark green
overcloak. The baby wears a white dress with white lace cap.
(SIRIS).
There is another protrait done by Sargent
Mrs. Wilton Phipps, (painting).
Dates:
ca. 1884.
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
35 x 25 1/2 in. (88.9 x 64.8 cm)
Inscription:
(Lower right:) J. S. (?Sargent) signed
Description:
Waist-length portrait of Mrs. Wilton Phipps (1855-1934) holding two
flowers to her breast. She wears a black and white gown, a black
choker, pearl necklace, bracelets, and rings.
SIRIS # 81890015
Notes:
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Phipps, Henry, until 1930.
Phipps, John Shaffer, until 1958.
Boegner, Etienne, Mrs.,
References:
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete
paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale
University Press, 2003, no. 539.
Old Westbury Gardens, Inc., Coll. Guidebook.
McKibbin, David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.
Illustration:
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete
paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale
University Press, 2003, pg. 194.
SIRIS #IAP 36870001
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