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The Javanese dancers had come to the Paris to perform in the colonial section of the Paris Exposition Universal of 1889. They were so popular that they remained for a time performing in theaters and became part of cosmopolitan chic that was prevalent in the wake of the Exposition. Sargent, not one to pass
up an opportunity
to paint exotic beauty, did a number of studies and oils of the
Javanese
Dancers
Note: Exhibitions Sargent's Women, Adelson Galleries, New York, 2003
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