Portrait of Lady Elsie Meyer

Details

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)
Portrait of Lady Elsie Meyer
signed 'John S. Sargent' (lower left)--dated 'Feb. 1908' (lower right)
charcoal on paper
24¼ x 18¾ in. (61.6 x 47.6 cm.)

Provenance

Sir Carl Meyer, father of the sitter.
By descent.
Christie's, London, 20 June 1996, lot 45.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Literature

D. McKibbin, Sargent's Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 1956, p. 109.
Denver Art Museum, 600 Years of British Painting: The Berger Collection at the Denver Art Museum, exhibition catalogue, Denver, Colorado, 1998, p. 161, illustrated.

Exhibited

Denver, Colorado, Denver Art Museum, 600 Years of British Painting: The Berger Collection at the Denver Art Museum, October 19, 1998-March 28, 1999.

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Lot Essay

The present work depicts Lady Elsie Meyer, the daughter of Sir Carl Meyer who was the chairman of the De Beers diamond company. She married Sir John Lambert in 1909.

This charcoal drawing has been reviewed and accepted by the John Singer Sargent Catalogue Raisonné Committee.

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