Girl Arranging Her Hair

Fille arrangeant ses cheveux

Girl Arranging Her Hair

Mary Cassatt · 1886

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

About this painting

Cassatt painted this to answer Degas's doubts about women artists — he was so won over he traded her one of his own works for it and kept it until his death.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

75 × 63 cm (29.5 × 24.8 in)

Painted at

Paris, France

Current location

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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