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John Singer Sargent
American, 1856–1925
Madame Escudier
c. 1883
Sargent painted many members of Parisian high society, among them Louise Lefèvre Escudier. In this informal portrait, she is shown close-up, her direct gaze, tilted head, and slight smile suggesting a lively personality. Her copper-colored hair is accentuated by the deep blue background. The gleaming pin, just a dash of white paint against her fashionable black dress, reveals the confident movement of Sargent’s brush.
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
28 3/4 x 23 1/2 in. (73 x 59.7 cm)
Frame: 39 x 33 5/8 x 5 1/4 in. (99.1 x 85.4 x 13.3 cm)
Object Number
1955.581
Acquisition
Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status
On View
Image Caption
John Singer Sargent, Madame Escudier, c. 1883, oil on canvas. Clark Art Institute, 1955.581
Select Bibliography
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Four & Exhibit Seven. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1958.
Wildenstein & Company. An Exhibition of Treasures from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts: Paintings, drawings & rare silver, for the benefit of the Committee to Rescue Italian Art, inc. (CRIA). Exhibition catalogue. New York: Wildenstein & Company, 1967.
Mount, Charles Merrill. John Singer Sargent: A Biography. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1955.
McKibbin, David. Sargent's Boston. Exhibition catalogue. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1970.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1972.
Lomax, James, and Richard Ormond. John Singer Sargent and the Edwardian Age. Exhibition catalogue. Leeds, England: Leeds Art Galleries; Detroit: Detroit Institute of Arts, 1979.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1984.
Conrads, Margaret C. American Paintings and Sculpture at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1990.
Kern, Steven, ed. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1992.
Ormond, Richard. John Singer Sargent: Paintings, Drawings, and Watercolors. London: Phaidon Press, 1970.
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray. John Singer Sargent: Complete Paintings. Vol. 1, The Early Portraits. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Seven: The Regency and Louis XVI Rooms. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1957.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Paintings on Exhibition, July 1968. Exhibition brochure. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1968.
Provenance
Louise Lefevre Escudier (1861-1950), Paris; Probably Henry (1848-1929) and Madeline (née Escudier, 1856-1937) Lerolle, Paris (sold to Knoedler, 20 May 1925); [M. Knoedler & Co., Paris, sold to Clark, 22 June 1925]; Robert Sterling Clark (1925-1955); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1955.
