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ID: 207833
Title: I Am Madame X
Author: Gioia Diliberto
Narrator: Lorna Raver
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:52:16
Language: English
Release date: 02-01-14
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Essays & Anthologies
Summary:
Madame X, John Singer Sargents most famous and scandalous portrait, caused an immediate furor when Sargent unveiled it at the 1884 Paris Salon.
The subjects bold pose, provocative dress, and decadent pallor shocked the public, and the critics panned the picture, smashing Sargents dream of a Paris career.
Even before Sargent painted her portrait, Virginie Gautreaus reputation for promiscuity and showy self-display made her the subject of vicious Paris gossip.
In this remarkable novel, the author tells Virginies story, drawing on the sketchy facts of the notorious beautys life to recreate her tempestuous personality, the captivating milieu of Belle Epoch Paris, and the struggle between artist and model to control the painting that would change their lives and affect the course of art history.
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