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As soon as the name John Singer ... Sargent’s meticulous fashioning of identity through dress. Sargent’s tendency to toy around with the details is apparent in his portrait of Lady Helen ...

They both move in those kinds of circles. John Singer Sargent, “Lady Helen Vincent, Viscountess d’Abernon” (1904), oil paint on canvas; Collection of the Birmingham Museum of Art ...

In 1882, John Singer ... (Helen Venetia Duncombe)” (1904) is enveloped by a bolt of shining pastel pink that hovers and twists like a colorful abstraction. In his later years, Sargent stopped ...

Much of the magic of a John Singer Sargent painting ... of working on Lady Helen Vincent, Viscountess d’Abernon, a sultry image of the socialite and diarist, Sargent decided to repaint her ...

But the portrait was his show. John Singer Sargent, Lady Helen Vincent, Viscountess d'Abernon, 1904 Birrmingham Museum of Art. Photo Sean Pathasema Sargent was cosmopolitan – his parents were ...