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| John Singer Sargent The Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati 1907 oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago |
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| John Singer Sargent Portrait of Madame Paul Escudier (Louise Lefevre) 1882 oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago |
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| John Singer Sargent Vizcaya - The Terrace 1917 watercolor private collection (on loan to the Art Institute of Chicago) |
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| John Singer Sargent Vizcaya - The Patio 1917 watercolor private collection (on loan to the Art Institute of Chicago) |
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| John Singer Sargent Vizcaya - The Loggia 1917 watercolor private collection (on loan to the Art Institute of Chicago) |
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| John Singer Sargent Portrait of Mrs Charles Deering (Marion Denison Whipple) 1888 oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago |
from On the Origins of Consciousness
Buried in the depths of that great forest called childhood, under a constellation of leaves whose stars cast shadows down from their heaven – there, on a day in late summer, emerging from that wood, one came upon – startled – the fragile I, loitering unawares: stumbled upon like a benevolent stranger who stared back dumbfounded –
In that green, limpid silence, the self the self regarded – in that moment of new knowledge, and suddenly aware, the I itself scrutinized: stomach, knees, teeth, knuckles, hair – a devout inventory was made. There among the burgeoning branches, all distinct features and flaws were duly laid out that day, for careful inspection, and all impressions imprinted on the waiting clay of the mind.
– Ellen Hinsey (The White Fire of Time, Wesleyan University Press, 2002)
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| John Singer Sargent Rehearsal of the Pasdeloup Orchestra at the Cirque d'Hiver ca. 1879 oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago |
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| John Singer Sargent Portrait of Mrs Charles Gifford Dyer (Mary Anthony) 1880 oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago |
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| John Singer Sargent Fountain of Neptune, Piazza della Signoria, Florence 1902 oil on board private collection (on loan to the Art Institute of Chicago) |
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| John Singer Sargent Workmen at Carrara 1911 watercolor Art Institute of Chicago |
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| John Singer Sargent An Artist at his Easel 1914 watercolor Art Institute of Chicago |
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| John Singer Sargent Figure Study (Mural Project for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) ca. 1917-21 drawing Art Institute of Chicago |
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| John Singer Sargent Figure Study (Mural Project for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) ca. 1917-21 drawing Art Institute of Chicago |
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| John Singer Sargent Figure Studies (Mural Project for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) ca. 1917-21 drawing Art Institute of Chicago |