Word: drypoints
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Spectators already familiar with Sargent were apt to turn to the swank, super-Gibsonesque drypoint portraits made by Helleu during the first two decades of the century. He is said to have done only four portraits of men-and the reason seemed obvious. Among his swan-necked beauties were the actress Liane de Pougy, Madame Helleu, Michael Strange, Mme. Louis Jacques Balsan (the former Duchess of Marlborough...