# @hyperallergic on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-11-19T21:33:04.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Hyperallergic (@hyperallergic) — https://gondola.cc/hyperallergic

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Though last night’s auction at Christie’s was by all accounts successful, there were not many surprises. But the energy shifted when Lot 19, a 14-by-20-inch watercolor by John Singer Sargent, finally hammered at $6 million ($7.2 million with fees) with a buyer in the room, culminating a dextrous four-minute show of patience and humor by auctioneer Adrien Meyer. “Look at it,” he instructed a bidder on the floor at one point, signaling to an image of the work on the screen behind him. After he struck the gavel, people clapped; one person hooted.

The sale of “Gondolier’s Siesta” (1902–03), which set a new record for a work on paper by John Singer Sargent, accounted for just one percent of the auction’s $690 million total. Yet it briefly disrupted the narrative of market doom and gloom, proving that collectors are still willing to wave their paddles for an exquisite little specimen that checks the boxes of provenance, condition, and quality. 

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John Singer Sargent, “Gondolier’s Siesta” (c. 1902–03), gouache and watercolor on paper, 14 x 20 inches (image courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd. 2025) 

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