Little Girl in a Blue Armchair

Mary Cassatt

1878 · Oil on canvas · National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Size2:3 ratio

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About this work

Artist: Mary Cassatt (1844–1926)
Year: 1878
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 89.5 × 129.8 cm
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Movement: Impressionism

A small girl in a white dress and tartan sash sprawls back in a big blue armchair, one hand behind her head, while a scruffy little dog dozes in the matching chair beside her and a bright room opens out behind. Cassatt painted it in 1878, soon after Degas had invited her to join the Impressionists; the child was the daughter of friends of his, and he worked on the background himself. Cassatt submitted it to the American section of the 1878 World's Fair in Paris and was furious when the jury turned it down. Rather than a miniature adult, the girl is a person with a mood, bored or sulky or simply tired of behaving, and that candour is what makes the picture feel modern. It is thought to have been among the works she showed at the fourth Impressionist exhibition in 1879. It belongs to the National Gallery of Art in Washington.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; 16×24 and 24×36 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Produced in 2–4 business days, then shipped from the facility nearest you. Delivery is typically 3–6 business days (US/UK/EU) and 5–12 worldwide. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is Little Girl in a Blue Armchair in the public domain?

Yes. Mary Cassatt (1844–1926) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by National Gallery of Art.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Little Girl in a Blue Armchair painted, and in what medium?

Little Girl in a Blue Armchair dates from 1878 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 89.5 × 129.8 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Mary Cassatt's Little Girl in a Blue Armchair — a little girl sprawled in a turquoise armchair in a sunlit salon, her dog dozing beside her — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. Impressionism and Modern Motherhood, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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