John Singer Sargent's Edith French

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Edith French
John Singer Sargent -- American painter
c.1901
Private collection
Oil on canvas
24 x 18 in.
Inscribed ul JSS
Jpg: Spanierman Gallery

The general consensus is that she was a model in Sargent's studio around 1901 and that Julie Heynman, a student of Sargent at the time, was also the first owner of this painting (McKibbin Papers, quoted in Ormond and Kilmurray, the Late r Portraits: The Undated portraits p.3)

Notes:
As of 7/17/2004 the painting was offered for sale at Spanierman Gallery

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