To celebrate the New York arrival of Portrait of Madame X by John Singer Sargent (1856 – 1924), Vanity Fair ran this anecdote concerning the 1884 creation of the work as well as a reproduction of one of the pencil studies for the profile head of the sitter, Madame Gauterau.
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Madame X by John Singer SargentMadame X portrait by John Singer SargentMadame X was Madame Gauterauwho was Madame X in Sargents paintingJohn Singer Sargent Pencil Drawing 1884 for Madame XJohn Singer Sargent Portrait Artist articleold John Singer Sargent Newspaper Article aboutJohn Singer Sargent Article Vanity Fair 1916john singer sargent painted Madame Gauterau 1884