Rosina

Details

JOHN SINGER SARGENT (1856-1925)
Rosina
signed and inscribed 'à mon ami Fid*/John S. Sargent' (lower right)
pencil on paper
8 ¼ x 8 ¼ in. (21 x 21 cm.)
Drawn in 1878

Provenance

Irma Rudin, Ltd., New York.
Steven Straw, Newburyport, Massachusetts; sale, Phillips, Boston, 2 May 1980, lot 49.
(probably) Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.

Literature

R. Ormond and E. Kilmurray, John Singer Sargent: Figures and Landscapes, 1874-1882, New Haven, 2006, vol. IV, p. 144 (illustrated, fig. 78).

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Lot Essay

The present work depicts Sargent's muse, Rosina Ferrara, with whom he became immediately entranced during his travels to Capri in 1878. Rosina features prominently in the artist's works from this year, including masterworks such as A Capriote (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) and View of Capri (Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven).

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