John Singer Sargent
A Backwater, Calcot Mill near Reading
1881
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, 18 7/8 x 25 7/8 in. (47.9 x 65.7 cm)
Framed: 29 1/8 x 36 x 3 3/4 in. (74 x 91.4 x 9.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of J. Gilman D'Arcy Paul
Object Number
1968.22
Sargent Sale, London, 1925; Milch Galleries, New York, 1926; M. Knoedler and Co., New York and London; Sidney Dillon and others Sale, New York, 1929; John R. Dienaide, Tarrytown, New York; American Art Association Sale, New York, 1933; E. W.
McMahon, New York; Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., New York; Kennedy Galleries, New York; J. Gilman D'Arcy Paul, Baltimore
McMahon, New York; Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., New York; Kennedy Galleries, New York; J. Gilman D'Arcy Paul, Baltimore
Warren Adelson, "Sargent and Impressionism," Adelson Gallerlies, New York, NY, November 4-December 18, 2010.
BMA, "If Wishes Could Buy . ..," Oct. 4-Nov. 6, 1955, no. 35 (lent by Milch Galleries)
The American Academy of Arts and Letters and The National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, "The Impressionist Mood in American Painting," Jan. 16-Feb. 15, 1959, n. p., no. 52
Chrysler Art Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts, "The Controversial Century: 1850-1950," "Paintings from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.," Summer 1962, n.p., ill.
BMA, "If Wishes Could Buy . ..," Oct. 4-Nov. 6, 1955, no. 35 (lent by Milch Galleries)
The American Academy of Arts and Letters and The National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, "The Impressionist Mood in American Painting," Jan. 16-Feb. 15, 1959, n. p., no. 52
Chrysler Art Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts, "The Controversial Century: 1850-1950," "Paintings from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.," Summer 1962, n.p., ill.
Adelson Galleries, "Sargent and Impressionism," New York: Adelson Galleries, 2010, Pl. 20.
"Claude Monet, 1840-1926 : Paris, galeries nationales, grand palais, 22 septembre 2010-24 janvier 2011 / galeries nationales, grand palais," Paris : Reunion des musees nationaux; Paris : Musee d’Orsay, 2010, p. 284, fig. 2, ill.
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray. "John Singer Sargent." "Complete Paintings." Vol. 5, "Figures and Landscapes, 1883-1899." New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2010. p. 150, pl. 880.
Sona K. Johnston, "American Painting 1750-1900 from the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 1983, pp. 144-145, ill. p. 144.
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Scott 01
