Madame Paul Escudier (Louise Lefevre)
John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)1882
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Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front. Sized to standard frames by cropping, never stretching — at most about 3% comes off one edge, which isn’t noticeable on most pieces, and we only offer a size when it stays that small.
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About this work
In this depiction of Frenchwoman Louise Escudier, John Singer Sargent undercut traditional portrait conventions by prioritizing the dramatic effects of light and dark in a Parisian apartment. The picture grew out of a series of atmospheric views of working-class women in darkened interiors that the artist produced on two trips to Venice between 1880 and 1882. Undertaken in Paris shortly thereafter, this painting transforms those techniques in the portrayal of a fashionable sitter, similarly combining the gestural brushwork of the Impressionists with a heightened chiaroscuro (light and shade) drawn from Spanish Baroque artists such as Diego Velázquez. Such works helped to establish Sargent’s reputation in Paris as a daring and original painter.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 129.5 × 91.4 cm (51 × 36 in.)
Museum record · 1 owner · 2 exhibitions
Provenance
- The sitter, Louise Lefevre, Paris, 1882; sold through Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh (agent) to Charles Deering (1852–1927), Chicago and Miami, Nov. 1923; by descent to his daughter Marion Deering McCormick (1886–1965), Chicago; by descent to her son Brooks McCormick (1917–2006), Chicago; bequest of Brooks McCormick to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2007.
Exhibitions
- Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Twenty–second Annual International Exhibition of Paintings, Apr. 26–June 17, 1923, lent by Mme Paul Escudier.
- Art Institute of Chicago, John Singer Sargent and Chicago’s Gilded Age, July 1–Sept. 30, 2018.
