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Thanks Garth. That's the painting. I tried to upload the image last night but messed up somehow.
Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera with me, otherwise I would have taken some close-ups.
I just think this is a great painting in person. I'm not thinking so much of the subject, although they're wonderfully arranged. I'm thinking mostly of the way she handle the paint and how she nailed the figures without killing any spontaneity.
She was compared a lot to Sargent. It's my understanding Sargent used very little painting medium, just lots of paint. Her strokes are definitely fluid and thinned with a medium. I don't think she just used terps. There's very little cracking.
She has a memoir, "Background with Figures". I've never gotten around to reading it. Perhaps, she describes her painting method in there.
Steve
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