American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England)
Johannes Wolff (1863-1931), 1897
Painting
American
, 19th century
Oil on canvas
76.1 x 64.3 cm (29 15/16 x 25 5/16 in.)
framed: 100.3 x 87.6 x 8.3 cm (39 1/2 x 34 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.)
framed: 100.3 x 87.6 x 8.3 cm (39 1/2 x 34 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.)
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
, 1943.151
Department of American Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts
, Marks
signed: u.r.: John S. Sargent 97
inscription: upper edge, oil paint, in artist's hand: a mon ami Johannes Wolff.
inscription: paper tape on back of stretcher, graphite: H 30 W 25 1/4
inscription: back of stretcher, blue pencil: 22444
inscription: back of stretcher, white chalk: 14
Provenance
Presumably gift of the artist to Johannes Wolff; John Levy Gallery, New York, by 1934; sold by them at Parke-Bernet, New York, November 4, 1938, lot 61; purchased at that sale by J.N. Gattle; purchased by Grenville L. Winthrop, by 1941; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Bibliography
"Art: The Hundred Best Academy Pictures", The Academy (May 7, 1898), p. 504, p. 504
Royal Cortissoz, "John S. Sargent", Scribner's Magazine (November 1903), vol. XXIV, no. 5, pp. 514-532, p. 532, ill. p. 520
Mrs. Alice Christiana (Thompson) Meynell, The Work of John S. Sargent, R. A., W. Heinemann, Ltd/C. Scribner's Sons (London, England and New York, NY, 1903), repr. full page, b/w (unpaginated)
William Howe Downes, John S. Sargent, His Life and Work, Little, Brown & and Company (Boston, MA, 1925), p. 183
Evan Charteris, John Sargent, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY, 1927), p. 266
Helen Thompson, American Painters Memorial Exhibition, exh. cat., College Art Association of America (New York, NY, 1934), no. 32
Percy Colson, A Story of Christie's, S. Low (London, 1950), p. 117
Charles Merrill Mount, John Singer Sargent: A Biography, W. W. Norton & and Company (New York, NY, 1955), no. 974, p. 435
David McKibbin, Sargent's Boston, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, MA, 1956), p. 132, Check List of Sargent's Portraits
John Singer Sargent, His Own Work, exh. cat., Coe Kerr Gallery, Inc. (New York, NY, 1980), in checklist, unpaginated
Trevor J. Fairbrother, John Singer Sargent and America, Garland Publishing, Inc. (New York, NY, 1986), p. 325
Trevor J. Fairbrother, John Singer Sargent, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, NY, 1994), p. 101
Trevor J. Fairbrother, John Singer Sargent: The Sensualist, exh. cat., Seattle Art Museum/Yale University Press (Seattle, WA and New Haven, CT, 2000), p. 30
Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, John Singer Sargent: Portraits of the 1890s, Yale University Press (U.S.) (New Haven, CT and London, England, 2002), no. 341; p. 82, note 14; p. 128, under no. 342
Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Virginia Anderson and Kimberly Orcutt, ed., American Paintings at Harvard, Volume Two, Paintings, Drawings, Pastels and Stained Glass by Artists Born 1826-1856, Harvard University Art Museums/Yale University Press (Cambridge, MA and New Haven, CT, 2008), p. 318-20, cat. no. 338, reproduced in b&w, p. 320
Royal Cortissoz, "John S. Sargent", Scribner's Magazine (November 1903), vol. XXIV, no. 5, pp. 514-532, p. 532, ill. p. 520
Mrs. Alice Christiana (Thompson) Meynell, The Work of John S. Sargent, R. A., W. Heinemann, Ltd/C. Scribner's Sons (London, England and New York, NY, 1903), repr. full page, b/w (unpaginated)
William Howe Downes, John S. Sargent, His Life and Work, Little, Brown & and Company (Boston, MA, 1925), p. 183
Evan Charteris, John Sargent, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY, 1927), p. 266
Helen Thompson, American Painters Memorial Exhibition, exh. cat., College Art Association of America (New York, NY, 1934), no. 32
Percy Colson, A Story of Christie's, S. Low (London, 1950), p. 117
Charles Merrill Mount, John Singer Sargent: A Biography, W. W. Norton & and Company (New York, NY, 1955), no. 974, p. 435
David McKibbin, Sargent's Boston, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, MA, 1956), p. 132, Check List of Sargent's Portraits
John Singer Sargent, His Own Work, exh. cat., Coe Kerr Gallery, Inc. (New York, NY, 1980), in checklist, unpaginated
Trevor J. Fairbrother, John Singer Sargent and America, Garland Publishing, Inc. (New York, NY, 1986), p. 325
Trevor J. Fairbrother, John Singer Sargent, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, NY, 1994), p. 101
Trevor J. Fairbrother, John Singer Sargent: The Sensualist, exh. cat., Seattle Art Museum/Yale University Press (Seattle, WA and New Haven, CT, 2000), p. 30
Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, John Singer Sargent: Portraits of the 1890s, Yale University Press (U.S.) (New Haven, CT and London, England, 2002), no. 341; p. 82, note 14; p. 128, under no. 342
Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Virginia Anderson and Kimberly Orcutt, ed., American Paintings at Harvard, Volume Two, Paintings, Drawings, Pastels and Stained Glass by Artists Born 1826-1856, Harvard University Art Museums/Yale University Press (Cambridge, MA and New Haven, CT, 2008), p. 318-20, cat. no. 338, reproduced in b&w, p. 320
Exhibition History
Annual Exhibition, 1898, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 01/01/1898 - 12/31/1898, no. 250
American Painters Memorial Exhibition Since 1900, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, 10/07/1934 - 10/28/1934, no. 32; Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, 09/01/1934 - 09/30/1934, no. 32
For Students of Art and Lovers of Beauty: Highlights from the Collection of Grenville L. Winthrop, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/16/2004 -