International studio (22.1904)

THE MISSES HUNTER HY JOHN SINGER SARGENT

holds his interest. Notonlyisthebrushworkmore
than usually fraught with inspired facility, but the
likeness is admirable, and has the further value of
being a serious study of psychological expression.
This, indeed, is likely to remain one of the most
significant of Sargent's portraits, a remarkable pres-
entation of a very remarkable man. When I men-
tion that the group contained as well that direct and
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admirably characteristic Zb/'z'/wY ^/* yizzrzztr fTUzY-
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vas,— albeit a trifle grimy in portions of its color
scheme, — the Zhz'/zw'/ <z/*Zb fFzzZzz^z-,
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indicate how rich in variety was this one feature
of the exhibition. Nor was this the whole of the

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