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Portrait of the Artist

Portrait of the Artist

Mary Cassatt  (American, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1844–1926 Le Mesnil-Théribus, Oise)

Date: 1878
Medium: Watercolor, gouache on wove paper laid down to buff-colored wood-pulp paper
Dimensions: 23 5/8 x 16 3/16 in. (60 x 41.1 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Bequest of Edith H. Proskauer, 1975
Accession Number: 1975.319.1

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The Right Hand of God Protecting the Faithful against the Demons

The Right Hand of God Protecting the Faithful against the Demons

Jean Fouquet (French, Tours ca. 1425–ca. 1478 Tours)

Date: ca. 1452–1460
Accession Number: 1975.1.2490

Constellation: Toward the Rainbow

Constellation: Toward the Rainbow

Joan Miró (Spanish, Barcelona 1893–1983 Palma de Mallorca)

Date: 1941
Accession Number: 1999.363.53

Rebecca, New York

Rebecca, New York

Paul Strand (American, New York 1890–1976 Orgeval, France)

Date: ca. 1923
Accession Number: 1989.1135

Qin

Qin

Prince Lu (Chinese, 1628–1644)

Date: 1634
Accession Number: 1999.93

Side Chair

Side Chair

Attributed to Samuel McIntire (1757–1811)

Date: 1794–99
Accession Number: 62.16

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