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DETAIL : John Singer SARGENT, The fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy 1907, The Art Institute of Chicago, American Art Collection

DETAIL : John Singer SARGENT, Almina, daughter of Asher Wertheimer 1908, Tate, London, presented by the widow and family of Asher Wertheimer in accordance with his wishes in 1922

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South Africa 1867 – New South Wales 1946-07-17

Australia from c.1875, South Africa 1892-94, France and England 1894-1904, Australia from 1904

Inseparables c.1900

Painting

oil on canvas

90.2 (h) x 68.5 (w) cm

Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Elder Bequest Fund in 1900

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The title of this work, Inseparables, suggests this young girl’s love of reading. Within the safe and structured world her room, without a window or a view to the outside, the girl still gains access to the ideas of the wider world through her book.