拍品专文
The present work depicts Sargent's niece, Reine Ormond, who is frequently depicted in the artist's Alpine works alongside her sister Rose-Marie. According to Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, this watercolor may have been executed en plein air at the Simplon Pass in Switzerland. After studying art at the Slade School in London, Reine married stockbroker Hugo Pitman, and the two later added the present work to their own collection. The work was initially dedicated to Ruby Wertheimer, daughter of eminent London art dealer, Asher Wertheimer, who formed a close relationship with Sargent after commissioning the artist to paint him. This relationship resulted in numerous portrayals of the family, with examples currently in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., and Tate Britain, London.
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