Orsay show · 6 Oct 2026 – 31 Jan 2027
Mary Cassatt. Being Independent
1873–1891
Eighty-one works by Cassatt at Orsay, independence as a creative compass. Eight landmark works — garden, tea, theatre, Lydia, childhood, carriage, print.
Echoing the Orsay exhibition · Independent project
On the occasion of 'Mary Cassatt. Being Independent' at the Musée d'Orsay, this gallery presents eight landmark works from open-access museum collections, celebrating the bold autonomy of the American Impressionist.
The works
Eight works to explore
From the garden to the carriage, via tea, the loge, Lydia and the radical print.
WORK 01
Girl in the Garden
Sewing outdoors, free: independence in the garden. A young woman sews peacefully in the sunlight among lush foliage...
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WORK 02
The Tea
The tea ritual, unposed: two women, a modern world. Two women seated beside a silver tea service share a quiet...
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WORK 03
In the Loge
At the theatre, watching and being watched. A woman in black gazes through opera glasses across the auditorium...
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WORK 04
Autumn, Portrait of Lydia Cassatt
Lydia, sister and model: autumn in russet. Lydia Cassatt, the artist's elder sister, is portrayed in profile wearing...
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WORK 05
Little Girl in a Blue Armchair
Childhood unsweetened: an armchair, a dog, a gaze. A little girl sprawled in a large turquoise armchair conveys...
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WORK 06
Young Girl at a Window
On modernity's balcony: a girl, a city. A young girl leaning against a balcony balustrade contemplates the urban...
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WORK 07
A Woman and a Girl Driving
Holding the reins: a woman and a girl drive. A woman takes the reins of her own carriage through the Bois de Boulogne...
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WORK 08
Woman Bathing (La Toilette)
Japonisme in drypoint: the most radical. A woman viewed from behind performs her morning toilette before a washbasin...
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