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Corfu
John Singer Sargent -- American painter 
circa 1909 
Private collection
Watercolor and pencil on paper 
35.6 x 50.2cm (14 x 19 ¾ in)
Jpg: Sothebys / Christies

Sargent first trip to Corfu was in 1908 acording to (Sargent Abroad: Figures and Landscapes, New York, 1997, p. 119).  

   
Notes: 

Exhibited: 

London, England, Royal Academy of Arts, Exhibition of the Works by the late John Singer Sargent, R. A., Winter Exhibition, 1926, no. 548 

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, William Penn Memorial Museum, An Alumnus Salutes Dickinson College 200th Anniversary (From the Collection of Meyer and Vivian Potamkin), November 1972-January 1973, no. 133 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, American Art from the Collection of Vivian and Meyer P. Potamkin, June-October 1989, p. 13 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, American Watercolors at the Pennsylvania Academy, October 2000-January 2001 

Literature: 

William H. Downes, John S. Sargent, Boston, Massachusetts, 1925, p. 234 

Charles M. Mount, John Singer Sargent, A Biography, New York, 1969, p. 474 

Robin Rice, "Made in the U.S.A.," Philadelphia City Paper, June 23, 1989, p. 9 

Provenance:  

Miss Emily Sargent (the artist's sister) 
Agnews, London, England 

The Milch Galleries, New York 
Acquired from the above, 1964

Sold Sothebys; Session 1, May 21, 2003, 2:00 PM;  Sale N07904A, lot 58; $102,000 USD

Sale

Sold Christies, Dec 02, 2004, Lot Number 27, Sale Number 1440, $95,600.00 USD  was  Estimate 80,000 - 120,000 U.S. dollars
    
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