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Several drawings of madame gautreaus profile were found among sargent s sketches. Exhibited as madame x, people complained that the painting was provocatively erotic. The post john singer sargents drawings bring his model out of the shadows appeared first on new york times. It includes reproductions of drawings of naked men that sargent never exhibited in his lifetime but kept together in an album. Written just two years after john singer sargent s death, this book follows sargent s life through the correspondences he kept with friends. Media in category portrait drawings by john singer sargent the following 83 files are in this category, out of 83 total.
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