Arts
fromThe Atlantic
5 days agoMary Cassatt Was a Radical
Artists protested Works Progress Administration budget cuts by storming a New York City office, leading to arrests including Lee Krasner using Mary Cassatt’s name.
A girl on the cusp of adolescence gazes down at a book. Her left hand rests against her flushed pink cheeks, while her right clutches the pages, ready to turn to find out what happens next. She has porcelain-like skin and golden hair seemingly full of air, executed in textures that contrast with the scratchy, loose marks that make up her shirt and the book's pages.