John Singer Sargent

The Temple of Denderah



John Singer Sargent - The Temple of Denderah



John Singer Sargent
The Temple of Denderah
1891
77.5 x 64.1 cm
Oil on canvas
Sale Christie's, New York, 18 April 2018


Provenance

The artist
his estate sale, Christie's, London, 24 July 1925, nr. 101
Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham (1850-1946), London, acquired at the above sale
his estate sale, Sotheby's, London, 11 December 1957, nr. 126
Mr. Twinning
anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 14 December 1960, nr. 155
with Bernard Black Gallery, New York, acquired at the above sale
anonymous sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 8 October 1963, nr. 57
Joseph H. Hirschhorn (1899-1981), Greenwich, CT, by 1963
by whom gifted to the Hirschorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., 1966
their sale, Sotheby's; New York, 1 December 1988, nr. 189
Frazzini/Mills Collection, New York
with Adelson Galleries, New York, by 1994
with Meredith Long & Co., Houston, Texas, by 1995
Joe (1925-2015) and Lee (1930-2007) Jamail, Houston, acquired directly from the above
their sale, Christie's, New York, 25 April 2016, nr. 74
acquired at the above sale by the present owner
sale (Property of a Gentleman) Christie's, New York, 18 April 2018, nr. 8

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