On a Balcony by Mary Cassatt - 1878/79 - 89.9 × 65.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago On a Balcony by Mary Cassatt - 1878/79 - 89.9 × 65.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago

On a Balcony

oil on canvas • 89.9 × 65.2 cm
  • Mary Cassatt - May 22, 1844 - June 14, 1926 Mary Cassatt 1878/79

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During her early Impressionist period, Mary Cassatt frequently captured the activities of middle- and upper-class women in society—at the theater or taking tea, for example. On a Balcony, which was shown in the 1880 Impressionist exhibition, appears to depict a woman in a public setting. The blue rail of the balcony, visible near the top of the painting, however, defines the enclosed space of a private garden, and the woman’s morning dress further indicates the intimacy of her location. Cassatt signaled the modernity of her subject through the woman’s choice of reading material: she peruses a newspaper rather than a novel, demonstrating that even at home, Cassatt’s subjects are connected to the contemporary world.

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