Water Carriers on the Nile by John Singer Sargent
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Water Carriers on the Nile

John Singer Sargent · 1891

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Christie, Manon & Woods, London, ["Catalogue of Pictures and Water Colour Drawings by J.S. Sargent, R.A. and Works by Other Artists," no. 131] July 24, 1925; the Cooling Galleries, London, 1925; Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Worcester, Chicago, 1925; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1935.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Washington, DC, Corcoran Gallery of Art, <em>The Private World of John Singer Sargent</em>, Apr. 18–June 14, 1964, cat. 55; Cleveland Museum of Art, July 7–Aug. 16, 1964; MA, Worcester Art Museum, Sept. 17–Nov. 1, 1964; Utica, NY, Munson–Williams–Proctor Institute, Nov. 15, 1964–Jan. 3, 1965.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/2522/john-singer-sargent-and-chicago-s-gilded-age"><em>John Singer Sargent and Chicago’s Gilded Age</em></a>, July 1–Sept. 30, 2018, cat. 23.

Literature

Published references

  • Donelson F. Hoopes and Hermann Warner Williams, <em>The Private World of John Singer Sargent</em>, exh. cat. (Plainview, NY: Shorewood Publishers, 1964), cat. 55.
  • Annelise K. Madsen, et al., <em>John Singer Sargent and Chicago's Gilded Age</em>, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 2018), 127, 129, 204, cat. 23, fig. 106 (ill.).

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