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"title": "What Was the Armory Show?",
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"title": "Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in 19th-Century Paris",
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"title": "Mary Cassatt at Work",
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"description": "In this study for the color drypoint and aquatint of the same title, Cassatt worked out the placement of the figure at a writing table. Details such as the precise incline of her head, the curls on her forehead, and the position of her fingers on the envelope are echoed in the print.",
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"page_number": "Mentioned: P. 214-215, 295-296; Reproduced: P. 215, cat. no. 89",
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"citation": "Nash, Julie. \"Paper Trail: Navigating NcNicoll's Sketchbooks.\" In Cassatt - McNicoll: Impressionists Between Worlds, Caroline Shields, ed.,117-137. Toronto, Ontario: Art Gallery of Ontario; Fredericton, New Brunswick: Goose Lane Editions, 2023.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: P. 132",
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"citation": "Thompson, Jennifer A., and Laurel Garber. Mary Cassatt at Work. Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2024.",
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