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Spring: Margot Standing in a Garden (Fillette dans un jardin)

Mary Cassatt American
1900
Not on view
This is one of the many studies of young girls Cassatt painted around the turn of the century. Margot Lux, a child from the village near Cassatt’s country home, was the model, as she was for almost fifty works by the artist, including "Young Mother Sewing" (29.100.48). Both paintings typify Cassatt’s mature Impressionist style, featuring simplified compositions, a high-keyed palette, and bravura brushstrokes. That Margot is portrayed with her dress sliding off her tiny shoulder suggests that the artist captured her in a fleeting instant, perhaps during a pause in play.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Spring: Margot Standing in a Garden (Fillette dans un jardin)
  • Artist: Mary Cassatt (American, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1844–1926 Le Mesnil-Théribus, Oise)
  • Date: 1900
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 26 3/4 x 22 3/4 in. (67.9 x 57.8 cm)
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Ruth Alms Barnard, 1981
  • Object Number: 1982.119.2
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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