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A new exhibition explores the painter's portraits through their clothes - and displaying a selection of the costumes worn by Sargent's sitters adds a dash of the unexpected
Like a far-off celebrity glimpsed at a party, the star of Tate Britain’s new exhibition, John Singer Sargent’s Madame X (1883-84), appears at a distance, perfectly framed by a doorway, sending hearts aflutter. Marmoreal, lavender-tinged skin; a nose as sharp as a ninja’s throwing star; that sumptuous black bodice held up only by a pair of chains: her features and attire are unmistakable.
A quarter of a million dollars may not stretch as far as it used to. But it certainly goes further when you’re buying a house in, say, Frisco, than if you’re planning to settle down in Preston Hollow. And, with all the rumors ci