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Sargent Madame X Pocket Pad

Sargent Madame X Pocket Pad

$9.00 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Gifts for art lovers. Lend a touch of art to your daily life with this pocket pad featuring John Singer Sargent's (American, 1856–1925) world-famous likeness of Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau, painted in 1883–84. Perhaps better known today as "Madame X," Gautreau was admired in Paris for her artful appearance, and Sargent hoped to enhance his reputation by painting the stylish socialite's portrait. He emphasized his subject's daring fashion sense by showing the right strap of her gown slipping from her…

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