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Madame X
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Madame X - Madame Gautreau. In 1882 Sargent introduced her to none other than the doctor himself Pozzi. Since then, Sargent sick of it. He asked his friends to talk to her about it as a very talented artist, sought a meeting with her and called her - great beauty. In the summer of 1883 Sargent lives in Madame Gautreau at a summer cottage. During this period, made a large number of sketches, sketches where he tries to find the perfect song for the ceremonial portrait.
Started immediately two portraits of Madame Gautreau one size 208h109sm. One was made, but dried, the second did not have time to Salon 1884. Sargent wrote: "For me, this fatal night and I can not change it. Both the portrait is not finished. And I have not worked for three weeks. The issue is closed, I'm broken!"
At Salon, Sargent was in the hallway to his friends to burial parties, he had tears on his face, and to justify himself, he said that he wrote it for what it is. Behind the door was heard, "What a terrible color," "No tracks", "This is a mockery of all women!"
In 1889, at the cabin was exhibited unfinished portrait of Madame Gautreau. He was received by the public.
Basic 1884 Sargent portrait hung in his studio for a long time did not sell. Just before his death in 1915, Madame Gautreau thanked Sargent for a portrait. A month later, Sargent sold his Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Madame Gautreau dressed in a black evening dress of satin and black velvet with a cuirass. In her hand a black fan, the other hand it is based on a round table of mahogany.
Richard Ormond