Date
1897
Artist
John Singer Sargent, American, b. Florence, Italy, 1856–1925
Provenance
Alexander Anthony Vlasto (sitter's father), 1897-1899 (death)
Anthony Alexander Vlasto, 1899-1932 (death)
Mrs. Erato Vlasto, Ascot Berkshire, England (Mr. Vlasto's widow), 1932-1966
R. A. Vlasto (Mrs. E. Vlasto's grandson), sale, Christie's, London, 10 March 1967, no. 51, ill.
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 13 April 1967-6 March 1972 [through agent Gimpel Fils]
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
Exhibition History
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975.
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York. "John Singer Sargent," 1 October 1986-4 January 1987, no. 113, ill. p. 164, p. 287. TOUR: ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, 4 February-17 April 1987.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE, Washington, DC. "New Horizons: American Painting 1840-1920," no. 46, ill. TOUR: STATE TRATYAKOV MUSEUM, Moscow, 16 November 1987-6 January 1988; STATE RUSSIAN MUSEUM, Leningrad, 22 January-13 March; MINSK STATE MUSEUM OF BELORUSSIYA, Minsk, 30 March-13 May.
NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, Roslyn, New York. "Stanford White and Louis Comfort Tiffany and Their Circle," 24 September 1998-3 January 1999.
MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. "Paris 1900: The 'American School' at the Universal Exposition," 11 February-16 April 2000. TOUR: ELVEHJEM MUSEUM OF ART, Madison, Wisconsin, 16 September-3 December; MUSEE CARNAVALET, Paris, 2 February-15 May 2001.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Peter Coffin: Here and There," 29 June-6 October 2013, no cat.
MUSEE DES IMPRESSIONNISMES GIVERNY, France. "In Concert! Musical Instruments in Art, 1860-1910," 24 March-2 July 2017, no. 27, colorpl. and detail.
Published References
LERNER, ABRAM, ed. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abrams, 1974), p. 744, fig. 77.
UNSIGNED. John Singer Sargent, His Own Work (New York: Coe Kerr Gallery and Wittenborn Art Books, 1980).
PARK, EDWARDS. Treasures of the Smithsonian (Washington DC: Smithsonian Books, 1983), ill.
ATKINS, ROBERT. "Saluting Sargent," Horizon (October 1986), p. 12, ill.
HILLS, PATRICIA. John Singer Sargent (New York: Whitney Museum of American Art and Harry N. Abrams, 1986), pp. 174, 287, ill. p. 164.
UPDIKE, JOHN. Just Looking; Essays on Art (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989), p. 50, ill.
BURNS, SARAH. "The 'Earnest, Untiring Worker' and the Magician of the Brush: Gender Politics in the Criticism of Cecilia Beaux," Oxford Art Jounal 15/1 (1992), p.37, fig. 3, p. 38.
CALO, MARY ANN, ed. Critical Issues in American Art: A Book of Readings (Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1998), no. 2, ill. p. 180.
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School
American Impressionism
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
72.256
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
58 1/2 x 33 5/8 in. (148.6 x 85.3 cm)
