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    		• Sargent, John Singer,
     
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    		• Portrait group -- Family
     
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    		• Portrait female -- Davis, Edward Livingston, Mrs. (Maria Louisa Robbins)
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Davis, Livingston
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Davis, Livingston
     
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    Portrait of Mrs. Edward L. Davis and Her Son, Livingston Davis, (painting).
    Artist: 
    Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925, painter.
    Title: 
    Portrait of Mrs. Edward L. Davis and Her Son, Livingston Davis, (painting).
    Other Titles: 
    Mrs. Edward Davis and Her Son, Livingston, (painting).
    Mother and Child, (painting).
    Portrait, (painting).
    Portrait Group, (painting).
    Dates: 
    1890.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Oil on canvas.
    Dimensions: 
    86 1/8 x 48 1/4 in. (218.3 x 122.6 cm)
    Inscription: 
    (Lower right:) John S. Sargent signed
    Description: 
    Full-length group portrait of Mrs. Davis (1843-1916) and her son, Livingston (1882-1932). Mrs. Davis is standing in a frontal pose with her proper right hand at her hip and her proper left arm around the shoulders of her son. She is wearing a long, dark dress with ruffles down the front and lace ruffles pinned at her neck. Her son stands beside her, leaning against her. His proper right arm is around his mother's waist and he holds his mother's hand at his shoulder with his other hand. He is wearing a white sailor suit, with knickers above his knees. He is also wearing a wide-brimmed hat. Both mother and son look directly at the viewer.
    Subject: 
    Portrait group -- Family -- Mother & Child
    Portrait female -- Davis, Edward Livingston, Mrs. (Maria Louisa Robbins) -- Full length
    Portrait male -- Davis, Livingston -- Child
    Portrait male -- Davis, Livingston -- Full length
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Object Type: 
    Painting
    Owner: 
    Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90036 Accession Number: M.69.18
    Provenance: 
    Formerly in the collection of Davis, Edward Livingston, Mr. & Mrs., until 1916.
    Weld, A. Winsor, Mrs., until 1918.
    Davis, Livingston, until 1932.
    Davis, Livingston, Mrs., until 1969.
    Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, New York Sale (Mar. 19-20, 1969), lot 74.
    Schweitzer Gallery, New York, New York 1969.
    James Graham and Sons, New York, New York 1969.
    Purchased 1969.
    Exhibitions: 
    Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Sixty First Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1891, no. 257.
    World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, no. 875.
    Remarks: 
    Exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts 61st Annual Exhibition in 1891 as "Portrait Group." Exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 as "Mother and Child."
    References: 
    Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 2, Portraits of the 1890s," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2002, no. 250.
    Fort, Ilene Susan and Michael Quick, "American Art: A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection," Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991, pg. 164-166.
    Exh. Cat., "American Paintings from the Armand Hammer Collection," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1985.
    Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1973.
    Sotheby Parke Bernet, Sale 2822 (1969), lot 74.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 2, Portraits of the 1890s," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2002, pg. 35.
    Fort, Ilene Susan and Michael Quick, "American Art: A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection," Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991, pg. 49.
    Sotheby Parke Bernet, Sale 2822 (1969), lot 74.
    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 02960109
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