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#316588 Arte Disegno

Boston's Apollo: Thomas Mckeller and John Singer Sargent.

CuratoreEdited by Nathaniel Silver, Trevor Fairbrother, Paul Fisher, Nikki A. Greene, Erica E. Hirshler.
EditoreIsabella Stewart Gardner.
Data di pubbl.
Dettagli cm.22,5x30, pp.256 ill. legatura editoriale cartonata copertina figurata a colori.
AbstractIn 1916, John Singer Sargent (1856&;1925) met Thomas Eugene McKeller (1890&;1962), a young African American elevator attendant, at Boston&;s Hotel Vendome. McKeller became the principal model for Sargent&;s murals in the new wing of the city&;s Museum of Fine Arts, among the painter&;s most ambitious works. Sargent&;s nude studies and sketches from this project attest to a close collaboration between the two men that unfolded over nearly ten years. Featuring drawings given by Sargent to Isabella Stewart Gardner and published in full for the first time, a portrait of McKeller, and archival materials reconstructing his life and relationship with Sargent, this book opens new avenues into artist-model relationships and transforms our understanding of Sargent&;s iconic American paintings. Essays offer the first biography of McKeller and a window onto African American life in early-20th-century Boston. They also address the artist&;s sexuality, his models, and questions of race and identity.
EAN9780300249866
CondizioniNuovo
EUR 63.00
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