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Artist | Gwen John ![]() |
Year | 1918–1922 |
Medium | oil paint, canvas |
Dimensions | 33.7 cm (13.3 in) × 26.7 cm (10.5 in) |
Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Accession No. | 1976.201.25 ![]() |
Identifiers | The Met object ID: 481489 |
Girl with a Cat is an oil on canvas portrait painting by Gwen John, from c. 1918-1922. It is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. [1]
The work was painted before autumn 1921, likely during the late 1910s to early 1920s. [2]
The work depicts a seated girl holding a black house cat with a window behind her. The figure wears a blue apron with white polka dots. [3]
Dates | Gallery | City | Show |
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Sep 12 – Nov 3, 1985 | Barbican Art Gallery | London | Gwen John: An Interior Life, no. 28 (as "Girl with Cat") [4] |
Nov 28 – Jan 26, 1985–86 | Manchester City Art Gallery | Manchester | Gwen John: An Interior Life, no. 28 [4] |
Feb 26 – April 20, 1986 | Yale Center for British Art | New Haven | Gwen John: An Interior Life, no. 28 [4] |
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