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Painter:
Cassatt, Mary 1844-1926  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
National Gallery of Art Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20565 Accession Number: 1963.10.96 (1760)
Date:
1882
Notes:
National Gallery of Art, 1988, 1990.
"Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman," New York: Art Institute of Chicago in association with H.N. Abrams, 1998, pl. 20.
Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme, "Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970, no. 121.
"American paintings and sculpture: an illustrated catalogue," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1970.
Image on file.
"Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman," New York: Art Institute of Chicago in association with H.N. Abrams, 1998, pg. 247.
"American paintings and sculpture: an illustrated catalogue," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1970, pg. 23.
Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme, "Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970, pg. 72.
(Lower right:) Mary Cassatt signed
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Summary:
Two women are seated in an opera box. One woman holds an open fan, which slightly covers her face, and the other a bouquet of flowers.
Topic:
Figure group--Female  Search this
Architecture interior--Civic--Theater  Search this
Dress--Accessory--Fan  Search this
Object--Flower  Search this
Performing Arts--Theater  Search this
Control number:
IAP 08600039
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_251228