Now in its second printing. John Singer Sargent’s renowned portrait The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit is examined in an aesthetic, philosophical, and personal tour de force.
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240 pages. 25 color & 40 b/w ill. |
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Editorial Reviews
“Thoroughly absorbing” (New York Times Book Review).
“Brilliant and insightful” (Wall Street Journal).
“An attractive, well-illustrated scholarly book, further enlivened by the author’s warm and friendly tone” (Times Literary Supplement).
“A uniquely crafted history” (The Magazine Antiques).
“A brilliant work of criticism, without a word of jargon in it” (Maine Antique Digest).
“Sensitive and penetrating” (Choice).
“A meticulously researched account of [the Boits’] milieu, their eccentric lifestyle, its unintended effects on their daughters, and of the creation of the enchanting masterwork” (Cape Cod Times).
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Available June 2013.
Born in Italy to American parents, trained in Paris, and a resident of London, Sargent became Boston’s favorite painter in the 1880s. Acclaimed on...