Little Girl in a Blue Armchair

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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