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Title: The Age of Elegance by From the Editors of Phaidon ISBN: 0714835447 Publisher: Phaidon Press Inc. Pub. Date: October, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33
Rating: 5
Summary: A small treasure to carry around
Comment: This little book of Sargent paintings is small enough to fit in the palm of one's hand, but in this case, size does not matter. I was drawn by this book's cover at the M.H. de Young Museum in San Francisco in late 2000, and was urged to by it by my art craving mind. I have to admit that it did have a few works of his I had not seen, so it is valuable in the sense to some die-hard fans (which I pretty much am of his). Like in the other reviews, this book is printed on great quality paper, has a dust jacket, and has a mini- biography with some different views on his life. It also has a detailed list in the back describing each painting shown. I believe it doesn't have a B/w photo, but I am not certain. Nevertheless, it is worth the small price. And, if you're a big fan of his, it never hurts to have a minature Sargent book to carry along :)
Rating: 4
Summary: "A 'Sargent' is always a Sargent."
Comment: OK, so I plagiarize the common saying, "A 'Rembrandt' is not always a Rembrandt." But that is not the point. My points actually are the following:
1) This is a very small book (pocket edition) to present lifesize paintings (for the most part, anyway) done by Sargent. Therefore, some limitations are inevitable.
2) This book simply presents 100 paintings (including some drawings) by Sargent with occasionally some comments by different patrons. The book does NOT discuss the technical or historical aspect of the paintings, except for a biography of 8 pages in the back of the book.
3) If you are, like myself, hoping to have a little book of paintings (at an affordable price) by Sargent to quickly look up the way colors were used in his portraits, then this book serves the purpose. After all, "A 'Sargent' is always a Sargent.", no matter how small is it presented. However, if you are looking for more than a collection of small paintings, other books on Sargent of larger volume may be called for.
Rating: 3
Summary: But what about scale?
Comment: One of the magical aspects of the portraits of John Singer Sargent is his cholce of scale. At times his Grande Dames were painted larger than life, his bon vivants narrow and elongated like the models themselves. Here all is compressed into home photograph size, as though these were taken during a visit to an exhibition in a crusty museum. But the joy of having so many of Sargent's elegant people greatfully reproduced in rich color and on fine quality paper makes the size more tolerable. And it is fitting to have the "commentary" be conversational Henry James parcels, since they were very close friends. This is not the definitive Sargent book, but until the price of the larger volumes is more accessible, this little book is a joy.
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Title: John Singer Sargent: Portraits of the 1890s (Complete Paintings: Volume II) by Richard Ormond, Elaine Kilmurray ISBN: 0300090676 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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Title: Sargent Portrait Drawings : 42 Works by John Singer Sargent ISBN: 0486245241 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: September, 1983 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: John Singer Sargent by Carter Ratcliff, John Singer Sargent ISBN: 0789207486 Publisher: Abbeville Press, Inc. Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
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Title: John Singer Sargent by Elaine Kilmurray, John Singer Sargent, Richard Ormond ISBN: 069100434X Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 20 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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Title: John Singer Sargent : The Early Portraits (Volume One) by Richard Ormond, Elaine Kilmurray, John Singer Sargent, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art ISBN: 0300072457 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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