SIX DECADES WITH
SARGENT CASSATT & PRENDERGAST
Cover: John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) Judith Gautier, c. 1883-85 Watercolor and pencil on paper 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches Copyright ©2026 Adelson Galleries, Inc.
SIX DECADES WITH
SARGENT CASSATT & PRENDERGAST November 15 – December 17, 2026
T he F uller B uilding 595 Madison Avenue, 4th Floor New York, New York 10022 (212) 439-6800 info@adelsongalleries.com www.adelsongalleries.com
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Since opening my gallery in Boston in 1966, I have had the privilege of handling some singular works by American painters of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. There have been three artists, John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt, and Maurice Prendergast, who became the center of my professional life, and I devoted a part of my career to their exhibition and study. That was not about a single work of art that was for sale. It was about seeing the artist within the context of their career; it meant years of looking closely, tracing each picture’s history from owner to owner, and working alongside scholars who cared as deeply as I did about thinking critically and objectively. After more than sixty years with these artists, I am proud of what we accomplished and of the exhibitions and publications the gallery produced along the way. More so, I am grateful for the people I met along the way. Mrs. Prendergast became a dear friend, along with the team from Williamstown. The Ormond family morphed into my family, and we had great fun. And descendants of Mary Cassatt allowed me to link with this special artist through their kindness, generosity, and gentle natures. For the past decade, I have felt there was little left for me to add academically. I realized that the coming year marks six decades of Adelson Galleries. I thought I might put together some favorite works of art, some that have been hanging in Jan’s and my home for years. Other works have just recently come my way, thanks to our longtime connection with the families of the artists and the collectors to whom we sold over the decades.
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Many of the works come from my personal collection and have never before been offered for sale. Others are museum-quality examples by the artists who shaped my career. They include Sargent’s Atlantic Sunset, painted in 1878 when he was just twenty-two; Mrs. Edward Burckhardt and Her Daughter Louise, the grand double portrait he painted in 1885, the year after Madame X scandalized the Paris Salon; The Green Parasol, from his summers painting in the Alps; and Cassatt’s Interior with a French Screen, from the years she exhibited with the Impressionists, as well as Ellen Mary and Eugenia Playing Cards, a touching look at Mary’s beloved nieces at leisure in her Paris home. Alongside them are fine works by Maurice Prendergast, including Boston Harbor, which was given to me by Mrs. Prendergast when she turned 100 in 1994. I got a present for her birthday! (It really was a thank-you for our efforts on the Prendergast scholarship.) I am deeply grateful to the colleagues, collectors, curators, and scholars who have supported Adelson Galleries over the years. A gallery is, in the end, its people as much as its pictures. I am proud that my children are carrying the baton: Adam and Alexa, who show contemporary art in Palm Beach, Florida, and Alan and Georgia, who will continue our work up north. Warren Adelson November 6, 2026
John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) Atlantic Sunset, 1878 Oil on canvas 25 1/2 x 36 1/4 inches
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John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) George Hitchcock, 1880 Watercolor on paper 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches
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John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) Head of a Venetian Model, c. 1880-81 Watercolor on paper 11 1/2 x 9 inches
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John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) Judith Gautier, c. 1883-85 Watercolor and pencil on paper 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches
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John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) Mrs. Edward Burckhardt and her Daughter Louise, 1885 Oil on canvas 79 1/4 x 56 inches
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John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) On the Simplon (Two Ladies with a Parasol), 1911 Watercolor on paper 20 x 15 inches
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John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) Roman Architecture, c. 1906-07 Oil on canvas 28 1/4 x 22 1/2 inches
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John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) Study of a Balustrade, c. 1906-07 Oil on canvas 28 1/4 x 22 1/8 inches
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John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) The Green Parasol, 1907 Watercolor on paper 18 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches
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John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) The Pink Buoy: Genoa, c. 1906-7 Watercolor on paper 13 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches
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John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) Venice Sunset, 1902-1904 Watercolor 10 1/2 x 14 inches
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Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) Drawing for “Lady in Black in a Loge, Facing Right” (Au Spectacle), 1879-80 Soft pencil on paper with soft-ground on the verso 7 3/4 x 12 1/8 inches
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Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) Ellen Mary and Eugenia Playing Cards,1905 Oil on canvas 34 1/2 x 46 inches
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Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) Interior with a French Screen, 1879-83 Oil on canvas 17 x 22 1/2 inches
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Maurice Prendergast (1858-1924) Boston Harbor, c. 1900-05 Watercolor and pencil on paper 11 1/8 x 15 1/2 inches
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Maurice Prendergast (1858-1924) Figures Under the Trees, c. 1907-10 Oil on canvas 16 1/8 x 23 1/2 inches
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Maurice Prendergast (1858-1924) Girl from Siena, 1898 Monotype on paper 9 7/8 x 5 inches
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Maurice Prendergast (1858-1924) Normandie, 1902 Watercolor 15 x 21 3/4 inches
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Maurice Prendergast (1858-1924) St. Malo, c. 1907 Watercolor and pencil on paper 15 1/4 x 16 1/4 inches
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