Girl with a Cat
{{Short description|Painting by Gwen John}}
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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.{{cite web|title=Girl with a Cat|publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/481489|accessdate=}}
Early history and creation
The work was painted before autumn 1921, likely during the late 1910s to early 1920s.{{Cite book|title=Gwen John: With a Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings and a Selection of the Drawings|last=Langdale|first=Cecily|date=1987|website=Gwen John Catalog Raisonne}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://bust.com/arts/194585-gwen-john-artist.html|title=How Painter Gwen John Started The "Single Women And Cats" Stereotype|website=bust.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-07-25|archive-date=23 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623200725/https://bust.com/arts/194585-gwen-john-artist.html|url-status=dead}}
Exhibition history
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| Sep 12 – Nov 3, 1985
|London |Gwen John: An Interior Life, no. 28 (as "Girl with Cat"){{cite web |title=Girl with a Cat,1918–22 |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/481489?&searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&ft=gwen+john+cat&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=2 |website=www.metmuseum.org}} |
| Nov 28 – Jan 26, 1985–86
|Manchester |
| Feb 26 – April 20, 1986
|New Haven |
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Category:Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Category:Paintings by Gwen John
Category:Oil on canvas paintings
Category:Portraits by British artists
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