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Petite Fille dans un fauteuil bleu
Little Girl in a Blue Armchair
Mary Cassatt · 1878
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
About this painting
Degas helped paint the background and floor of this canvas — infrared imaging later proved it — yet the 1878 Paris jury rejected it outright, to Cassatt's fury.
Painting Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
90 × 130 cm (35.4 × 51.2 in)
Painted at
Paris, France
Current location
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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