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John White Alexander, Miss Dorothy Quincy Roosevelt (later Mrs. Langdon Geer)

John White Alexander

American · 1856–1915 · Painter, Printmaker

John White Alexander was an American portrait, figure, and decorative painter and illustrator. (Wikipedia)

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Record prices

  1. An Idle MomentBrunk Auctions · $70,000≈ £50,403≈ €59,117Sign up to see
  2. John White Alexander, Portrait of Alonzo Barton Hepburn, circa 1910-11, oil on canvasPortrait of Alonzo Barton HepburnBonhams · $829≈ £615≈ €730Sign up to see
  3. John White Alexander, Black And White, Print on PaperBlack And WhiteDuMouchelles · $200≈ £164≈ €195Sign up to see

John White Alexander’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

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John White Alexander, Black And White, Print on Paper
Black And White
DuMouchelles · Jan 16, 2025
$200Sign up free to see
John White Alexander, Portrait of Alonzo Barton Hepburn, circa 1910-11, oil on canvas
Portrait of Alonzo Barton Hepburn, circa 1910-11
Bonhams · Nov 18, 2021
$829Sign up free to see
An Idle Moment, c. 1885
Brunk Auctions · Sep 11, 2021
$70,000Sign up free to see
John White Alexander, Traditional Arab Oral History Lesson, MURAL LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, heightened print
Traditional Arab Oral History Lesson
Sloans & Kenyon · Mar 10, 2018
$150Sign up free to see

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

John White Alexander, Miss Dorothy Quincy Roosevelt (later Mrs. Langdon Geer)
Miss Dorothy Quincy Roosevelt (later Mrs. Langdon Geer)1901
Dallas Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Dallas Museum of Art
John White Alexander, Portrait of Mark Twain
Portrait of Mark Twain1912
National Portrait Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — National Portrait Gallery
John White Alexander, Study in Black and Green
Study in Black and Green1906
Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · John White Alexander, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Metropolitan Museum of Art
John White Alexander, Geraldine Russell
Geraldine Russell1902
Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · John White Alexander, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Metropolitan Museum of Art
John White Alexander, Study in Black and Green (Oil Sketch)
Study in Black and Green (Oil Sketch)1906
Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · John White Alexander, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Metropolitan Museum of Art
John White Alexander, Repose
Repose1895
Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · John White Alexander, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Metropolitan Museum of Art
John White Alexander, The Ring
The Ring1911
Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · John White Alexander, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Metropolitan Museum of Art
John White Alexander, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman1889
Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · John White Alexander, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Metropolitan Museum of Art

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