John Singer Sargent : Jean Zimmerman in conversation with Carl Raymond
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$5 | Coffee House and Salmagundi club members
Dinner paid separately (reserve in advance online)
About the Event
Join author and historian Jean Zimmerman as she and the Gilded Gentleman, Carl Raymond, discuss the story behind the famous John Singer Sargent portrait, “Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Phelps Stokes.”
“Zimmerman and Raymond will discuss just why this painting was in some ways just as radical as Sargent’s famous Madame X and just who the subjects were and indeed who Sargent was himself at the time he painted it. Sargent captures one of the Gilded Age’s great love stories in a dramatic new way.”
– The Gilded Age podcast
“A friend of the couple commissioned as a wedding gift, a portrait of the young bride from the acclaimed expatriate John Singer Sargent. Initially, the artist selected an evening gown for the sitting, but soon decided to portray Edith Minturn Stokes in sporty daywear with a Great Dane at her side. Her husband had “a sudden inspiration,” he later recalled, when the dog became unavailable, and “offered to assume the role of the Great Dane in the picture. The compelling result was soon regarded as one of Sargent’s most important double portraits.”
– The Metropolitan Museum’s collection raisonne
Hungry?
Ticketed attendees are welcome to stay for dinner by indicating so in their Eventbrite RSVP.
There will be an a la carte menu to choose from. On the day of the event, you can pay for your meal with a card or your membership account (no cash).