Under the Cypress Trees at Corfu

Provenance

John Singer Sargent, to 1925; sold, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, July 24 and 27, 1925, lot 87, as Two Girls Reclining under Cypress Trees, Corfu, to David Croal Thomson (1855–1930, dealer), Barbizon House, London; sold to Charles Deering (1852–1927), Chicago and Miami, FL, by September 1925; by descent to his daughters Marion McCormick (born Marion Deering; Mrs. Chauncey McCormick, 1886–1965) and Barbara Danielson (born Barbara Deering; Mrs. Richard E. Danielson, 1888–1982), 1927; Barbara Danielson, after 1936 [Cypresses, Corfu, Girls Reclining on Charles Deering collection list; collection list dates to 1936 or later; ownership not yet designated between daughters; copy in institutional archives]; by descent to her son Richard E. Danielson, Jr (1913–1988), 1982; by descent to his wife, Molly Danielson (born Molly O’Daniel; Mrs. Richard E. Danielson, Jr, 1922–1996), 1988; estate of Molly Danielson; sold, Butterfield and Butterfield, Los Angeles, CA, December 15, 1997, lot 5082, as Two Figures Resting Between Trees, to Marshall Field V, Lake Forest, IL, and Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2020.