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May 3, 2004 · Strapless is a wonderfully entertaining and thought provoking book , rich in details about life in Louisiana in the pre civil war era, then the war , then the Belle Epoque in Paris , the 1970 war there and the life and the Rich and Famous , including the rise and fall of one of it's most celebrated American woman in Paris ..Mrs Virginie Amelie ...
Jan 1, 2003 · That aside, Strapless is a remarkably well-done book. The thorough research shows through without dulling the writing. Davis' text is conversational and very accessible--more so, it must be said, than many writings found in the field of art history. An excellent book on art history for enthusiasts and art historians alike.
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About Strapless. The subject of John Singer Sargent’s most famous painting was twenty-three-year-old New Orleans Creole Virginie Gautreau, who moved to Paris and quickly became the “it girl” of her day. A relative unknown at the time, Sargent won the commission to paint her; the two must have recognized in each other a like-minded hunger ...
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May 3, 2004 · Deborah Davis is the author of Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and his Black and White Ball (Wiley, April 2006), and Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X (Tarcher/Putnam, 2003). Her most recent book is The Secret Lives Of Frames: One Hundred Years of Art and Artistry (Filapacchi, 2007).
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- 05/03/2004
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- Penguin Publishing Group
May 3, 2004 · Deborah Davis is the author of Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and his Black and White Ball (Wiley, April 2006), and Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X (Tarcher/Putnam, 2003). Her most recent book is The Secret Lives Of Frames: One Hundred Years of Art and Artistry (Filapacchi, 2007).
BUY THIS BOOK. STRAPLESS: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X Deborah Davis, . . Putnam/Tarcher, $24.95 (310pp) ISBN 978-1-58542-221-0.
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