Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge
Mary Stevenson Cassatt, American, 1844 - 1926
Date:
1879Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
32 x 23 1/2 inches (81.3 x 59.7 cm) Framed: 42 × 33 1/2 × 4 1/2 inches (106.7 × 85.1 × 11.4 cm)Curatorial Department:
European PaintingObject Location:
1978-1-5Credit Line:
Bequest of Charlotte Dorrance Wright, 1978
1879Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
32 x 23 1/2 inches (81.3 x 59.7 cm) Framed: 42 × 33 1/2 × 4 1/2 inches (106.7 × 85.1 × 11.4 cm)Curatorial Department:
European PaintingObject Location:
Currently not on view
Accession Number:1978-1-5Credit Line:
Bequest of Charlotte Dorrance Wright, 1978
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Cassatt created a series of theater scenes in the late 1870s, displaying an interest in city nightlife shared by many of the Impressionists. This work, showing a woman (often said to be her sister Lydia) seated in front of a mirror with the balconies of the Paris Opéra House reflected behind her, demonstrates the influence of Cassatt's friend Edgar Degas, particularly in the attention paid to the effects of artificial lighting on flesh tones. This painting was shown in Paris at the fourth Impressionist exhibition in 1879, where it was singled out for much praise.
Cassatt created a series of theater scenes in the late 1870s, displaying an interest in city nightlife shared by many of the Impressionists. This work, showing a woman (often said to be her sister Lydia) seated in front of a mirror with the balconies of the Paris Opéra House reflected behind her, demonstrates the influence of Cassatt's friend Edgar Degas, particularly in the attention paid to the effects of artificial lighting on flesh tones. This painting was shown in Paris at the fourth Impressionist exhibition in 1879, where it was singled out for much praise.