Sargent's Daughters : the biography of a painting

Sargent's painting, The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, both explores and defies convention, crossing the boundaries between portrait and genre scene, formal composition and casual snapshot.;Sargent's Daughters -- John Singer Sargent -- Ned and Isa Boit -- Paris -- The Boits, Sargent, and children -- The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit: the setting -- The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit: the painting -- "Four corners and a void" -- Sargent's excursions -- A Boston interlude, 1886-88 -- Afterlife: Ned and Isa -- Afterlife: The daughters of Edward Boit -- Afterlife: The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit.