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Author:

Davis, Deborah, 1952-

Title:

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

Edition:

1st trade pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin Group,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

310 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Sargent, John Singer,--1856-1925.
Painters--United States--Biography.
Sargent, John Singer,--1856-1925.--Madame X.
Gautreau, Virginie Avegno,--1859-1915.
Artists' models--United States--Biography.
Americans--Paris--Paris--History--19th century.

Other Authors:

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925.

Notes:

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

Contents:

La Louisiane -- City of light -- A professional beauty -- The pupil -- A smashing start -- Brilliant creatures -- Heat and light -- His masterpiece -- The Flying Dutchman -- Finishing touches -- Dancing on a volcano -- Le scandale -- Calculated moves -- A woman of a certain age -- A man of prodigious talent -- Twilight of the gods.

ISBN:

9781585423361 (pbk.)
158542336X (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56558671

Locations:

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)