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The grand affair : John Singer Sargent in his world

Title
The grand affair : John Singer Sargent in his world / Paul Fisher.
Author
Fisher, Paul, 1960-
Publication
  • New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022.
  • ©2022

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Description
viii, 479 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
Summary
"A bold new biography of John Singer Sargent, the American expatriate artist"--
Subject
  • Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925
  • Painters > United States > Biography
  • ART / American / General
  • Painters
  • United States
Genre/Form
Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-451) and index.
Contents
Prologue: the prince of the Glass Palace -- Mrs. Sargent's party -- The fig leaf -- Mountain men -- The school of Michelangelo -- "Rather too sinister a charm" -- The Rapins -- Rosina's spell -- Travels in the dark -- Flash gatherings -- In the key of bllue -- Diva trouble -- Baby Milbank -- The pact -- Nadir -- Broadway Bohemians -- The cavalier -- A king's existence -- The stage door -- Painted temples -- Sargent's gondolier -- Cosmopolitans -- The President's coar -- East of Jordan -- Detonations -- Empire's end -- The contortionist -- Miss Sargent's party.
Call Number
ND237.S3
ISBN
  • 9780374165970
  • 0374165971
LCCN
  • 2022023648
  • 40031488945
OCLC
  • on1289253092
  • 1289253092
  • SCSB-14412295
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries