John Singer Sargent
Portrait of Edgar Vincent, Viscount d'Abernon, G.C.M.G. (1857-1941) , 1857 (Executed)
Lot #84 |
2025-11-05 |
Sotheby's, Paris
The Manny Davidson Collection: A Life in Treasures and Benevolence - Evening Sale
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
EUR 200,000 - 300,000 (currency of sale)
USD 217,000 - 325,500 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: PF2592
Auction name: The Manny Davidson Collection: A Life in Treasures and Benevolence - Evening Sale
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: Paris
Start date: 2025-11-05
Currency: EUR
Source:
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 19th Century Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 97,5 x 71,6 cm.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
97.5
Width In Centimeters:
71.6
Height In Inches:
38.375
Width In Inches:
28.25
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Year notes: Executed between 1857 and 1941.
Provenance
<p>Sir Edgar Vincent (1857-1941);</p><p>Viscountess D’Abernon (acquired in 1941);</p><p>Mrs. Pamela Whittaker (acquired by descent from the above in 1954);</p><p>Anonymous sale, London, Christie’s, 22 November 1994, lot 136;</p><p>Where acquired.</p>
Literature
<p><em>Illustrations of the Sargent Exhibition Royal Academy 1926, </em>London, England, 1926, illustrated p. 84.</p><p>Evan Charteris, <em>John Sargent</em>, London, England, 1927, p. 273.</p><p>Charles Merrill Mount, <em>John Singer Sargent: A Biography</em>, New York, 1955, no. 0611, p. 439 (erroneously listed as <em>Viscountess D’Abernon</em>); 1957 ed., p. 348; 1969 ed., p. 436.</p><p>David McKibbin, <em>Sargent's Boston, with an Essay & a Biographical Summary</em>, Boston, Massachusetts, 1956, p. 191.</p><p>Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray<em>, John Singer Sargent: The Later Portraits,</em> vol. III, New Haven, Connecticut, 2003, no. 524, pp. 178, 300, illustrated p. 178.</p>
Catalog summary
John Singer Sargent Florence 1856 - 1925 London Portrait of Edgar Vincent, Viscount d'Abernon, G.C.M.G. (1857-1941) signed and dated upper left John S. Sargent / 1906 oil on canvas 97,5 x 71,6 cm.; 38â…ś x 28ÂĽ in.