Chromolithograph Vanity Fair Caricature Print 'a Great Realist'

1909 · Views & Engravings

Chromolithograph Vanity Fair Caricature Print 'a Great Realist'

Name: Chromolithograph Vanity Fair Caricature Print 'a Great Realist'
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-13223-5
Price: 245 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1909
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 40 × 26.8 cm (15.7 × 10.6 in)
Condition: Good. Wear consistent with age and use. General age-related toning, minor wear. Blank verso. Please study image carefully.
Reference: BG-13223-5

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

John Singer Sargent, drawn for Vanity Fair as "A Great Realist" in 1909. The plate appeared as a supplement to the magazine, and the sheet is lettered "Vanity Fair Supplement" at the top, with the sitter named beneath the caption as "John Singer Sargent, R.A." The imprint at lower left reads "Hentschel-Colortype, London".

Sargent is shown full length and from a low viewpoint, a heavy figure in evening dress with a white shirtfront and bow tie, one hand in his trouser pocket and a cigarette smoking in the other, his eyes narrowed behind pince-nez. The background is a plain pale yellow, so that the black clothes and the white shirt carry the whole composition.

John Singer Sargent, the American expatriate artist, was regarded as the leading portrait painter of his generation, and is known for his evocations of Edwardian luxury. He created roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 2,000 watercolors, as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings.

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