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From: Sothebys Executed in 1917 while
John Singer
Sargent was working on his second portrait of John D. Rockefeller, the
present work depicts a fountain on the grounds of Kykuit, the
Rockefeller
estate in Pocantico Hills, New York. . . . This painting will be
included the forthcoming J.S. Sargent catalogue raisonné by
Richard
Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, in collaboration with Warren Adelson and
Elizabeth
Oustinoff.
Sold Sothebys; Session 1; May 21 2003, 2:00 PM; Sale N07904, lot 140; $ 310,400 USD Provenance: Estate of the artist Mrs. George
Russell Agassiz Mrs. Gordon C. (Anna Agassiz) Prince Taggart, Jorgensen
& Putman, Washington, D.C. Acquired by the present owner from the
above,
1988; which brings us the the Sothebys sale to A.J.
Kollar Fine Paintings, Seattle, Washington. (buyer confirmed through
private correspondence with Colleen Kollar Zorn, Tue, 26 Oct 2004)
Exhibited: Boston, Massachusetts,
Museum of
Fine Arts, Memorial Exhibition of the Works of John Singer Sargent,
November-December
1925, no. 77, p. 23 Literature: Inventory of works in the Boston studio
of the artist, April 28, 1925
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