Girl with a Cat (Gwen John)

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Girl with a Cat
Gwen John - Girl with a Cat, 1918-22, 1976.201.25.jpg
Artist Gwen John   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Year1918–1922
Medium oil paint, canvas
Dimensions33.7 cm (13.3 in) × 26.7 cm (10.5 in)
Location Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession No.1976.201.25  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Identifiers The Met object ID: 481489
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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]

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Early history and creation

The work was painted before autumn 1921, likely during the late 1910s to early 1920s. [2]

Description

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]

Exhibition history

DatesGalleryCityShow
Sep 12 – Nov 3, 1985 Barbican Art Gallery LondonGwen John: An Interior Life, no. 28 (as "Girl with Cat") [4]
Nov 28 – Jan 26, 1985–86 Manchester City Art Gallery ManchesterGwen John: An Interior Life, no. 28 [4]
Feb 26 – April 20, 1986 Yale Center for British Art New HavenGwen John: An Interior Life, no. 28 [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Girl with a Cat". Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  2. ↑ Langdale, Cecily (1987). Gwen John: With a Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings and a Selection of the Drawings.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  3. ↑ "How Painter Gwen John Started The "Single Women And Cats" Stereotype". bust.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 "Girl with a Cat,1918–22". www.metmuseum.org.


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