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Study for Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau), 1883–84
John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)
Graphite on off-white wove paper; 12 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. (32 x 21 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Francis Ormond and Miss Emily Sargent, 1931 (31.43.3)

Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau), 1883–84
John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)
Oil on canvas; 82 1/8 x 43 1/4 in. (208.6 x 109.9 cm)
Arthur Hoppock Hearn Fund, 1916 (16.53)


In this graphite study for the final portrait, Sargent captured Madame Gautreau's striking profile.

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