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Portrait of the Artist (Mary Cassatt)

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Portrait of the Artist
Portrait of the Artist (Mary Cassatt)
ArtistMary Cassatt Edit this on Wikidata
Year1874
Dimensions60 cm (24 in) × 41.1 cm (16.2 in)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art
Accession No.1975.319.1 Edit this on Wikidata
IdentifiersThe Met object ID: 10409

Portrait of the Artist is an 1878 self-portrait painting by Mary Cassatt. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.[1]

Early history and creation

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According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, her painting is a "watercolour, gouache on wove paper laid down to buff-colored wood-pulp paper". It is now in the public domain.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Portrait of the Artist". Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  2. ^ Henkes, Robert (1997-01-01). Portraits of Famous American Women: An Analysis of Various Artists' Renderings of 13 Admired Figures. McFarland. ISBN 9780786403264 – via Google Books.