JOHN SINGER SARGENT (1856-1925)
Lot 356 PROPERTY FROM A SOUTHERN ESTATE

JOHN SINGER SARGENT (1856-1925)

Olive and Cypress

Closed19 January 2023

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USD 27,720

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JOHN SINGER SARGENT (1856-1925)
Olive and Cypress
inscribed 'Ste Margarita Ligure' (lower right)
watercolor on paper
sight, 9 1/2 x 13 in. (24 x 33 in.)
Executed circa 1906-07.

The artist.
The Brooklyn Museum, New York, acquired from the above, 1909.
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, acquired from the above, 1926.
Albert K. Chapman, Rochester, New York, acquired from the above, 1953.
Sotheby's, New York, 1 February 1990, lot 150, sold by the above.
Charles C. Hermanowski, Miami, Florida, acquired from the above.
Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee.
Acquired by the late owner from the above.

Specialist note

Santa Margherita Ligure is a seaside town southeast of Genoa, Italy. The artist visited the region almost annually in the first few years of the 20th century, when this work was likely painted.