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Scornful as he was of this work, Sargent's portraits almost never flattered, almost always illuminated personality to the surprised satisfaction of the sitter-although in the case of the famed Madame X, Sargent was so daringly personal in depicting her titian tresses and her fetish for lavendar face powder that the exotic sitter's true name (Judith Gautreau) was concealed from Victorian society. "Sargent" meant "portrait" -work high in esteem during his lifetime, low after his death in 1925 when he became confused with less talented imitators, high again now that most of the portraits have found...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Instead of Paughtraits | 4/17/1964 | See Source »

...color of the season, furriers now offer pink mink, lavendar lamb, cerese seal, and blue beaver. And the clouche is the clue to top notch top nobbing...

Author: By Laurence D. Savadove, | Title: Insect Theme Dominates Fashions With 'Ant' Look | 9/15/1952 | See Source »

...lavendar tie didn't you. And major in bio-chemistry...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Say, I met you at a Jolly-up | 1/31/1952 | See Source »

MARGARITA F. LAVENDAR Melrose, Mass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 22, 1940 | 1/22/1940 | See Source »

...away our cherished dream in Yardsley's lavendar...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD IN FEMININE EYES | 11/19/1927 | See Source »

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