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The story behind the legendary John Singer Sargent painting Madame X that propelled the artist to international renown but condemned his subject to a life of public ridicule.
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Deborah Davis is a writer and veteran film executive who has worked as a story editor and story analyst. She is co-organising an exhibition of Sargent's Women for exhibition in New York with Richard Ormond and writing the exhibition catalogue.
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"Readers will enjoy this brisk, sometimes breathless account of the creation of the work the artist once called his best...A fascinating commentary on the evanescence of fame and beauty." --Kirkus Reviews
"An entertaining, observant novel about the gorgeous, enigmatic Madame X." --from Bustle.com's roundup of "11 Novels Every Art History-Lover Should Pick Up"
"A stunner about a stunner." —The Philadelphia Inquirer
"An entertaining, observant novel about the gorgeous, enigmatic Madame X." --from Bustle.com's roundup of "11 Novels Every Art History-Lover Should Pick Up"
"A stunner about a stunner." —The Philadelphia Inquirer
"The book's pace is lively and its breadth impressive." —Houston Chronicle
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- PublisherThe History Press
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0750937068
- ISBN 13 9780750937061
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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