Cashmere (French: cachemire) is an oil painting by the American artist John Singer Sargent, in a private collection. It was completed in c.1908. The dimensions of the painting are 71.1 by 109.2 centimeters (28.0 in × 43.0 in).
Description The painting is of Sargent's niece, Reine Ormond, in an exotic cashmere shawl in seven different poses. Reine would have been about 11 years old. It was painted by Sargent when he was on holiday in the Italian Alps.Moving Pictures: American Art and Early Film 1880 - 1910, Though the style is quite different, the representation of successive moments of a movement resembles Marcel Duchamp's 1912 Nude Descending a Staircase.The reality effect: film culture and the graphic imperative By Joel Black,
See also List of works by John Singer Sargent
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External links Article July 6, 2015 in New Zealand Herald