Madame Paul Poirson, (painting).

Madame Paul Poirson, (painting).

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925, painter.

Madame Paul Poirson, (painting).

59 x 33 1/2 in. (149.9 x 85.1 cm)

(Upper left:) John S. Sargent 1885 signed

Three-quarter-length portrait of Madame Paul Poirson wearing an evening gown with train. Flowers are pinned in her hair, at her breast, and at the tip of her bustle. Her hands are clasped in front of her.

Portrait female -- Poirson, Paul, Mrs. (Seymourina Cuthbertson) -- Knee length

Object -- Flower

Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202 Accession Number: 73.41

Formerly in the collection of Poirson, Paul, Mrs.,

Poirson, Charles, Mrs.,

Poirson, Gerard,

Purchased 1973.

Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 1, The early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998, no. 128.

Detroit Institute of Arts, 1977.

McKibbin, David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.

Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 1, The early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998, pg. 127.

Antiques (Dec. 1975), p. 1108.

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