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Sir Philip Sassoon
Bequeathed by Sir Philip Sassoon Bt 1939
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painting oil paint canvas
29 April 2003 – 23 May 2003
2003-05-23
29 April 2003 – 23 May 2003
2003-05-23
2003-04-29
Agnew’s (London, UK)
2003-04-29
Sassoon: The World of Phillip and Sybil
Loan-out
19 March 2022 – 7 January 2024
2024-01-07
19 March 2022 – 6 November 2022
2022-11-06
2022-03-19
Victoria and Albert Museum (London, UK)
http://www.vam.ac.uk
2022-03-19
Fashioning Masculinities
Loan-out
1 March 2023 – 31 August 2023
2023-08-31
1 March 2023 – 31 August 2023
2023-08-31
2023-03-01
Jewish Museum (New York, USA)
2023-03-01
The Sassoon Family
Loan-out
8 October 2023 – 7 July 2024
2024-07-07
8 October 2023 – 15 January 2024
2024-01-15
2023-10-08
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, USA)
http://www.mfa.org
21 February 2024 – 7 July 2024
2024-07-07
2024-02-21
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2023-10-08
Sargent and Fashion
Exhibition
8 October 2023 – 15 January 2024
2024-01-15
8 October 2023 – 15 January 2024
2024-01-15
2023-10-08
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, USA)
http://www.mfa.org
2023-10-08
Sargent and Fashion
Loan-out
Sir Philip Sassoon
support: 952 × 578 mm
frame: 1175 × 790 × 88 mm
Bequeathed by Sir Philip Sassoon Bt 1939
<p><b>N05052</b> SIR PHILIP SASSOON 1923</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘John S. Sargent’ t.l. and ‘1923’ t.r.
<br/>Canvas, 37 1/2×22 3/4 (95·5×58), with painted strips approximately 2 (5) wide turned under on all four sides.
<br/>Bequeathed by Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt., 1939.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> Commissioned by the sitter from the artist.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1924 (47); <i>52nd Autumn Exhibition</i>, Liverpool, September–December 1924 (317); R.A., winter 1926 (33, repr. <i>Illustrations of the Sargent Exhibition</i>, p.76); Tate Gallery, June–October 1926; R.S.A., 1928 (184); <i>Re-opening Exhibition</i>, Liverpool, October–December 1933 (131).
<br/><i>Lit:</i> Downes, 1925, p.225; Charteris, 1927, p.277; Mount, 1955, pp.384, 441; McKibbin, 1956, p.122; Mount, 1957, pp.317, 350.
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>Royal Academy Illustrated</i>, 1924, p.99; Manson and Meynell, 1927, n.p.</p>
<p>Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt., C.M.G., G.B.E., M.P. (1888–1939), was a close friend of the artist, and this <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a> was painted at a time long after Sargent had given up his career as a portrait painter. In addition to his political interests, Sir Philip was a connoisseur and wealthy patron of the arts. He served as a Trustee of the National Gallery (Chairman 1932–6), the Tate Gallery, the Wallace Collection, and the British School at Rome, besides organizing many spring exhibitions in aid of charity at his own house in Park Lane.</p>
<p>Mount confirmed (letter of 15 May 1963) that this portrait was begun on a larger scale, for he possesses a letter in which Sargent asks the sitter to come to see the effect while he holds a smaller frame before the large unfinished <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/canvas" title="Glossary definition for 'Canvas'"><span>canvas</span></a>. Two <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/charcoal" title="Glossary definition for 'Charcoal'"><span>charcoal</span></a> <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawings</span></a> by Sargent of the same sitter, of 1912 and 1921, belong to the Marchioness of Cholmondeley.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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2004-10-06T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults arts and entertainment baronet collector / patron hand / hands on hip individuals: male man named individuals people philanthropist politician, Member of Parliament portraits public service royalty and social rank Sassoon, Philip, Bt work and occupations