ORPEN SECURES ART MASTERPIECE.
By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright.—Sydney " Sun ” Cable.
(Received January 18, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, January 17. The artist. Sir William Orpen, R.A., writing in the “Daily Mail,” announces the discovery of a hitherto unknown Sargent portrait of a Spanish peasant woman, which he purchased from a Bond Street dealer for a considerable sum. He says: “ Mona Lisa is nothing compared with this masterpiece. It is Sargent’s greatest work, painted with deepest feeling.” He considers that it was painted in Spain and only a stupendous offer would induce him to part with his purchase.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18057, 18 January 1927, Page 9
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94ORPEN SECURES ART MASTERPIECE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 18057, 18 January 1927, Page 9
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