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Fashioned by Sargent

Title

Fashioned by Sargent / Erica E. Hirshler ; with Caroline Corbeau-Parsons, James Finch, and Pamela A. Parmal ; contributions by Paul Fisher, Fances Fowle, Dominic Green, Rebecca Hellen, Stephanie L. Herdrich, Elaine Kilmurray, Richard Ormond, Elizabeth Prettejohn, Anna Reynolds, and Andrew Stephenson.

Author

Hirshler, Erica E.

Publication

Boston, Massachusetts : MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, [2023]
New York, New York : Distributed by Artbook, D.A.P.
©2023

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Description

247 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 30 cm

Summary

Fashioned by Sargent explores the complicated relationship of painting and dress through reproductions of portraits and other works by Sargent, alongside costumes of the period - including garments actually worn by his sitters. Essays illuminate topics such as portraits and performance, gender expression, the New Woman, and the pull of history and the excitement of new ideas.

Alternative Title

Sargent and fashion.

Subject

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

Published in conjunction with the exhibition co-organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Tate Britain: "Fashioned by Sargent," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, October 8, 2023-January 15, 2024, [and] "Sargent and Fashion," Tate Britain, London, February 21-July 7, 2024.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Sitting for Sargent / Richard Ormond -- Portraits as Fashion / Caroline Corbeau-Parsons -- Madame X / Stephanie L. Herdrich -- The New Woman / Frances Fowle -- Mrs. Hugh Hammersley / James Finch -- Transnational and Transatlantic / Andrew Stephenson -- Portraits as Performance / Erica E. Hirshler -- Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth / Caroline Corbeau-Parsons and Rebecca Hellen -- The Fashion in Old Masters / Elizabeth Prettejohn -- Almina Wertheimer / Caroline Corbeau-Parsons -- Sporting with Gender / Paul Fisher -- Ena Wertheimer: A Vele Gonfie / Andrew Stephenson -- The Culture of Dress / Pamela A. Parmal -- From Dress to Paint / Anna Reynolds -- Sarah Choate Sears and Her Wardrobe / Pamela A. Parmal and Erica E. Hirshler -- Lord Ribblesdale / Dominic Green -- A Riot of White / Elaine Kilmurray.

Call Number

JQF 23-1447

ISBN

9780878468942
0878468943

LCCN

2023937231

OCLC

1396447077

Author

Hirshler, Erica E., author.

Title

Publisher

Boston, Massachusetts : MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, [2023]

Distributor

New York, New York : Distributed by Artbook, D.A.P.

Copyright Date

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1800-1899

Added Author

Corbeau-Parsons, Caroline, author.

Finch, James (Art museum curator), author.

Parmal, Pamela A., author.

Fisher, Paul, 1960- author.

Fowle, Frances, author.

Green, Dominic, 1970- author.

Hellen, Rebecca, author.

Herdrich, Stephanie L., author.

Kilmurray, Elaine, author.

Ormond, Richard, author.

Prettejohn, Elizabeth, author.

Reynolds, Anna (Art historian), author.

Stephenson, Andrew, author.

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925, artist.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, issuing body, host institution.

Tate Britain (Gallery), host institution.

Added Title

Sargent and fashion.

Research Call Number

JQF 23-1447

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