The
Honourable Mrs. Charles Russell
John
Singer Sargent
-- American painter
1900
Private
collection
Oil on
canvas
104.8
x 73.7 cm (41 1/4 x 29 in.)
Inscription: (Lower left:) John S. Sargent 1900
signed
Jpg: Art Renewal Center
Adah Russell (nee
Williams)
For write-up on
this painting see
the Essay and image: Copy of
Mrs.
Charles Russell, in Madrid
Notes:
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Russell, Charles, Sir, 1st Bt., until
1928.
Russell, Alec Charles, Sir, Mrs. (Monica), until 1977.
Russell, Charles, Sir, 3rd Bt.,
Sotheby's, London, England Sale (Nov. 22, 1988), lot 58.
Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York, New York
Bibliography:
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete
paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale
University Press, 2003, no. 382.
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. 37.
SIRIS # IAP 81690384
Forum:
From: Tom Nughes
tom nu
ghes@aol.com
Date: Sat, 21 Dec
2002
I read somewhere, I
don't remember
where anymore, that Sargent had described Mrs Russell as "very
sad."
Do you have any idea to what he was referring?
My interest is more
in her husband,
the famous barrister.
Thank you very much
indeed.
Tom
tom nu
ghes@aol.com
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