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JOHN SINGER SARGENT (American, 1856-1926) “DONKEYS IN A DESERT, MOROCCO 1880”.

Oil on wood panel Housed in a fine carved & gilt wood frame Unsigned Verso depicting a study of three Venetian gondolas Reference: Sargent Catalog Raisonne, ‘Figures and Landscapes, 1874-1882’, page 298 Please Note: JOHN SINGER SARGENT COMPLETE PAINTINGS; ORMOND/KILMURRAY VOLUME IV:, Page 412 #788 Donkeys In A Moroccan landscape (recto) and Three Boats (verso) Violet Sargent (Mrs. Frances Ormond), 1925; Her son F. Guillaume Ormond, 1955; His heirs, 1971; Coe Kerr Gallery, New York, 1989; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Spiro; Private collection Exhibitions: New York, Coe Kerr Gallery, American Impressionism, 1989 19 May-23 June 1989, No.37, Ill. Cat. N.P. (color) as “Donkeys In The Desert With Squatting Figure” Literature: Mount 1955 p444 (K8034) dated 1880; 1957 Ed., p354 (K8034); 1969 Ed., p461 (K8034); As “Three Donkeys In A Desert With Squatting Figure” SIZE: 10″ x 13-1/4″. Overall: 18″ x 22″ PROVENANCE: Thomaston Auction Galleries, Aug. 2009; Private Maine/Texas Collector CONDITION: Very good 50012-12 (80,000-120,000) – Lot 1378


Auction: Fine Art, Asian & Antique Auction - August 2016
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