FAMILY ROMANCE: John Singer Sargent and the Wertheimers

Asher Wertheimer, an eminent London art dealer of German Jewish descent, became Sargent's greatest private patron. The story of Sargent, his sitters, their friendships and circles, and the portraits of the Wertheimers themselves, light up a period that saw tumultuous social change and the birth of the modern art market. 16 pages of color illus.