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John Singer Sargent, Portrait of Madame X
Oil on canvas
1884
“When Madame X was shown at the Salon of 1884 it became instantly a salacious painting and a scandal in French society as a result of its sexual suggestiveness of her pose and the pail pasty color of her skin. The ‘X’ of Madame X was actually Madame Gautreau (1859-1915) whose reputation was apparently destroyed and John left France shortly to never truly regain his former standing as the darling of Paris.” — from jssgallery.org
Christina Hendricks at her annual Christmas party, December 10th
I love scotch. Scotchy, scotch, scotch.
Guinevere van Seenus: Dreaming of Another World - Vogue Italia by Tim Walker, March 2011
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