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    Le Roi s'amuse, (painting).
    Artist: 
    Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925, painter.
    Title: 
    Le Roi s'amuse, (painting).
    Other Titles: 
    Roi s'amuse, (painting).
    Faust and Marguerite, (painting).
    Dates: 
    1882.
    Medium: 
    Watercolor over pencil on paper.
    Dimensions: 
    12 3/4 x 9 in. (32.4 x 22.9 cm)
    Inscription: 
    (Top left:) John S. Sargent (On verso:) achete le 16 Janvier 1887 signed
    Subject: 
    Literature -- Hugo -- Roi s'amuse
    Object Type: 
    Painting
    Illustration
    Owner: 
    Anonymous Collection.
    Provenance: 
    Formerly in the collection of Burger, Gustave,
    Burger, Gustave, niece of,
    Bourg-la-Reine, Anne Nardin, by 1996.
    Hotel Drouot, Paris, France Sale (Nov. 22, 1996), lot 61.
    Galerie L'Ergastere, Paris, France
    Laurin Guilloux Buffetaud, Paris, France Sale (Mar. 31, 2000), lot 83.
    Adelson Galleries, New York, New York 2001.
    Flavia Ormond Fine Arts, London, England 2005.
    References: 
    Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 5, Figures and Landscapes, 1883-1899," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2010, no. 1023.
    Illustration: 
    Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 5, Figures and Landscapes, 1883-1899," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2010, pg. 337.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAP 88570207
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