Notes:

Provenance:    
Formerly in the collection of Poirson, Paul, Mr. & Mrs.,
Girod, Pierre, Mrs.,
Cruse, Philippe, Mme., Paris, France
Christie's, New York, New York Sale (Dec. 6, 1985), lot 160.

Bibliography:    
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 1, The early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998, no. 120.
Sweet, Frederick A., "Sargent, Whistler, and Mary Cassatt," (a catalogue of the exhibition The Art Institute of Chicago, Jan. 14 through Feb. 25, 1954 and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 25 through May 23, 1954), Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1954.
McKibbin, David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.

Illustration:    
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 1, The early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998, pg. 121.
Sweet, Frederick A., "Sargent, Whistler, and Mary Cassatt," (a catalogue of the exhibition The Art Institute of Chicago, Jan. 14 through Feb. 25, 1954 and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 25 through May 23, 1954), Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1954, p. 52.
 
    
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