Madame Paul Escudier (Louise Lefevre) by John Singer Sargent
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Madame Paul Escudier (Louise Lefevre)

John Singer Sargent · 1882

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. The sitter, Louise Lefevre (1861–1950), Paris, 1882; sold through Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, to Charles Deering (1852–1927), Chicago and Miami, Nov. 1923 [“Carnegie Sells Two Sargents for $60,000,” <em>Art News</em>, Nov. 10, 1923, 1]; by descent to his daughter, Marion Deering McCormick (1886–1965), Chicago, 1927; by descent to her son, Brooks McCormick (1917–2006), Chicago, 1965; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2007.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, <em>Twenty–second Annual International Exhibition of Paintings</em>, Apr. 26–June 17, 1923, cat. 60.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, <em>John Singer Sargent and Chicago’s Gilded Age</em>, July 1–Sept. 30, 2018, cat. 13.
  • New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, <em>Sargent and Paris</em>, Apr. 27–Aug. 3, 2025, no cat. no.; Paris, Musée d'Orsay, <em>John Singer Sargent. Éblouir Paris</em>, Sept. 22, 2025–Jan. 11, 2026, cat. 95.

Literature

Published references

  • “Carnegie Sells Two Sargents for $60,000,” <em>Art News</em> 22, no. 5 (Nov. 10, 1923): 1.
  • Annual Report (Art Institute of Chicago, 2007–2008), 19.
  • Judith A. Barter, et al., <em>The Age of American Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 2011), cat. 34 (ill.).
  • Annelise K. Madsen et al., <em>John Singer Sargent and Chicago's Guilded Age</em>, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 2018), 14, 97–98, 203, cat. 13, fig. 66 (ill.).
  • Stephanie L. Herdrich, <em>Sargent and Paris</em>, exh. cat. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2025), 140, 144, 227, pl. 60 (ill.).
  • Caroline Corbeau-Parsons and Paul Perrin, eds., <em>John Singer Sargent. Éblouir Paris</em>, exh. cat. (Musée d'Orsay, 2025), 172–3, 235, cat. 95 (ill.).

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