Aaron Augustus Healy
John Singer Sargent -- American painter
1907

Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY
Oil on canvas
86.5 x 73 cm (34 1/16 x 28 3/4 in)

Signed upper right: "John S. Sargent"
Accession # 21.50; Bequest of A. Augustus Healy
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A. Augustus Healy was president of the Brooklyn Institute for 25 years during a very formative time in its development. The Insitute was the forerunner of the Brooklyn Museum.  

McKim, White and Mead, Architects

The Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of of Arts and Sciences, now known as the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
1893

Note:

Provenance:    
Bequest of Healy, A. Augustus, 1921.

Exhibitions:    
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts One Hundred Third Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1908, no. 623.

Bibliography:    
"American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: artists born by 1876," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 2006, pg. 933.
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, no. 546.
McKibbin, David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.
"The Brooklyn Museum, American Paintings," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1979.

Illustration:    
"American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: artists born by 1876," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 2006, pg. 933.
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, pg. 200.
"The Brooklyn Museum, American Paintings," Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1979, pg. 101.e

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Created 9/5/2008