The Magazine Antiques, February 1st, 2001
Soon after the death of the painter John Singer Sargent in 1925, his two younger sisters sold a tremendous variety of items from his estate at the London auction firm of Christie, Manson and Woods. The renowned and successful artist had been a bachelor for whom collecting art and antiques was a lifelong passion. His interests ranged from crimson and gold Genoese velvets to an avant-garde male nude sculpture by Auguste Rodin (Pl. II). Although his sisters retained much for themselves, they gave the auctioneers sufficient material to dominate four different sales. The first was a two-day aucti...
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