Nude Study of Thomas E. McKeller
John Singer Sargent
(American, 1856–1925)
about 1917–20
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions125.73 x 84.45 cm (49 1/2 x 33 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHenry H. and Zoe Oliver Sherman Fund
Accession number1986.60
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Provenance1925, upon the death of the artist, to his estate, administered by Richard W. Hale, Boston [see note 1]; 1932, to William James, Jr. (b. 1882 - d. 1961), Cambridge, MA. David Milton Kendall McKibbin (b. 1906 - d. 1978), Boston; probably given by David McKibbin to Donald Kelley (b. 1928 - d. 2018), Boston [see note 2]. 1986, sold by Alfred J. Walker Fine Art, Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 26, 1986)
NOTES: [1] Lent to the MFA by estate executor Richard Hale on June 28, 1929. The painting was returned on May 20, 1932 to the artist William James, Jr. [2] David McKibbin was the art librarian at the Boston Athenaeum beginning in 1934, and Donald Kelley was gallery director there beginning in 1967.
NOTES: [1] Lent to the MFA by estate executor Richard Hale on June 28, 1929. The painting was returned on May 20, 1932 to the artist William James, Jr. [2] David McKibbin was the art librarian at the Boston Athenaeum beginning in 1934, and Donald Kelley was gallery director there beginning in 1967.
John Singer Sargent
John Singer Sargent
1921
