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TitlePortrait of the Artist

Creator nameCassatt, Mary

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1878

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10409

Accession number1975.319.1

SubjectsSelf-portraits, AmericanWomen artistsImpressionism (Art)--United StatesClothing and dress--France--History--19th century

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Chapter 2: The Social Network of Fashion

Gloria Groom

Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity

Struck by the “immensity of Paris” compared to Turin, Milan, and Florence, De Amicis concluded, “Yesterday we were rowing on a small lake, today we are sailing on the ocean.” In his eyes, Paris provided “an...

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Gloria Groom

PublisherArt Institute of Chicago

Related print edition pages: pp.33-43

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00356.3

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Chapter subject tags:Clothing and dress--France--History--19th centuryImpressionism (Art)--FranceWomen--PortraitsStevens, Alfred, 1823-1906Artists' modelsDepartment stores--France--History--19th century

Chapter 4. Changing Direction (1875–1878)

Nancy Mowll Mathews

Mary Cassatt: A Life

~Cassatt’s decision to take up residence in Paris in 1874 put an end to the romantic, nomadic life she had led for almost eight years (figure 37). At age thirty, she may have been unconsciously ready for a more...

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Nancy Mowll Mathews

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.93-132

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00343.4

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Chapter subject tags:Impressionism (Art)--United StatesWomen artists--United States--BiographySalons--France--History--19th centuryWomen artists--United States--19th centuryExpatriate artists--FranceCassatt, Mary, 1844-1926

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