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Strapless : John Singer Sargent and the fall of Madame X / Deborah Davis

By:

Davis, Deborah, , 1949-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin Group , 2004Description: 310 p. : illus. ; 22 cmISBN:

9781585423361

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

92 SAR

LOC classification:

ND237.S3 D38 2003

Summary: The subject of John Singer Sargent's most famous painting was twenty-three-year-old New Orleans Creole Virginie Gautreau, who moved to Paris and quickly became the "it girl" of her day. A relative unknown at the time, Sargent won the commission to paint her; the two must have recognized in each other a like-minded hunger for fame. Unveiled at the 1884 Paris Salon, Gautreau's portrait generated the attention she craved-but it led to infamy rather than stardom.

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Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	92 SAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		019435

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-293) and index

The subject of John Singer Sargent's most famous painting was twenty-three-year-old New Orleans Creole Virginie Gautreau, who moved to Paris and quickly became the "it girl" of her day. A relative unknown at the time, Sargent won the commission to paint her; the two must have recognized in each other a like-minded hunger for fame. Unveiled at the 1884 Paris Salon, Gautreau's portrait generated the attention she craved-but it led to infamy rather than stardom.

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