“Please Don’t Let Your Ambition Sleep”: Cassatt’s Professionalism

Cassatt-McNicoll: Impressionists Between Worlds, June 2023

Essay written for the catalogue accompanying the exhibition Cassatt-McNicoll: Impressionists Between Worlds, held at the Art Gallery of Ontario, May 31-September 4, 2023. Curated by Caroline Shields.

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