Uncanny Spectacle: The Public Career of the Young John Singer Sargent
- ISBN-10
- 0300071779
- ISBN-13
- 9780300071771
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997-01-01
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Authors
- John Singer Sargent, Richard Ormond, Marc Simpson
Description
Drawing on the correspondence of the artist, his friends and his family, as well as a review of contemporary critical responses, this text examines the work of Sargent's early maturity. The text is the catalogue for an exhibition at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Summer 1997.
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