1. MFA VTS: Roles Of Women Over Time
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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The Tea
Le Thé
about 1880 Mary Stevenson Cassatt (American, 1844–1926)
CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ
Breeskin 78
DIMENSIONS
64.77 x cm (25 1/2 x 36 1/4 in.)
ACCESSION NUMBER
42.178
MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE
Oil on canvas
ON VIEW

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Poultry Market at Gisors
1885 Camille Pissarro (French (born in the Danish West Indies), 1830–1903)
DIMENSIONS
82.2 x 82.2 cm (32 3/8 x 32 3/8 in.)
ACCESSION NUMBER
48.588
MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE
Tempera and pastel on paper mounted on wood

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In the Loge
1878 Mary Stevenson Cassatt (American, 1844–1926)
CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ
Breeskin 73
DIMENSIONS
81.28 x cm (32 x 26 in.)
ACCESSION NUMBER
10.35
MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE
Oil on canvas

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The Book Bindery
1850s Unidentified artist, American, 19th century
CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ
Karolik cat. no 32, fig. 20
DIMENSIONS
Sheet: 15.2 x 22.5 cm (6 x 8 7/8 in.)
ACCESSION NUMBER
58.835
MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE
Graphite and watercolor on paper
NOT ON VIEW
COLLECTIONS
Prints and Drawings

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Women of Paris: The Circus Lover
1885 James Jacques Joseph Tissot (French, 1836–1902)
DIMENSIONS
147.3 x cm (58 x 40 in.)
ACCESSION NUMBER
58.45
MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE
Oil on canvas

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European Women And Aya
ブロンホフ家族図
Japanese Edo period Early 19th century Soo
DIMENSIONS
Image: 77 x 45 cm (30 5/16 x 17 11/16 in.) Overall: x 58 cm (62 3/8 x 22 13/16 in.)
ACCESSION NUMBER
MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

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The Field Hospital
The Letter Home
1867 Eastman Johnson (American, 1824–1906)
DIMENSIONS
56.2 x cm (22 1/8 x 26 1/2 in.)
ACCESSION NUMBER
48.434
MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE
Oil on paperboard

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In Memoriam
about 1861 Alfred Stevens (Belgian (worked in France), 1823–1906)
DIMENSIONS
Overall: 55.2 x 44.5cm (21 3/4 x 17 1/2in.) Other (Framed): 74.3 x 8.3 x 87.6cm (29 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 34 1/2in.)
ACCESSION NUMBER
23.491
MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE
Oil on panel

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Title: Emily and un-identified woman Date: 1909–13
By: Amelia Maria Ely Howe
American, 1874–1932
Object Number: 
Status: Not On View
Dimensions: Sheet: 7.6 x 10.2 cm (3 x 4 in.) Other (Leather Album): 14.6 x 18.4 cm (5 3/4 x 7 1/4 in.) Medium: Photograph, silver prints Credit Line: Gift of Amelia Marks in memory of Emily Howe Marks and Frederick Ely Howe, and in honor of their other children: Anne Marks Morgan, Frederick Howe Marks, George Aaron Marks, Jr., and Marjorie Howe Beckler Descriptions:
Page 9, light-brown, leather album, with black pages on which silver prints are mounted (mostly one to a page)
Provenance: Amelia Maria Ely Howe; to her daughter Emily Howe Marks; to her daughter Amelia Marks; by whom given to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Accession Date: September 16, 2009)  

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Title: The More Women at Work, The Sooner We Win! Date: 1943
By: Unidentified artist, American, 20th century
Printer: U.S. Government Printing Office
Object Number: 

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Title: A Madonna of the Tenements Date: 1904
By: Lewis W. Hine
American, 1874–1940
Object Number: 
Status: Not On View
Dimensions: Image (round, diameter): 10 cm (3 15/16 in.) Sheet: 17.8 x 12.7 cm (7 x 5 in.) Medium: Photograph, gelatin silver print Credit Line: A. Shuman Collection—Abraham Shuman Fund Provenance: Stephen T. Rose, Boston; purchased February 1981.

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Cocktails
about 1926 Archibald Motley (American, 1891–1981)
DIMENSIONS
81.3 x cm (32 x 40 in.)
ACCESSION NUMBER
MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE
Oil on canvas

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Title: Stop the World We Want to Get On; Women's Rights March Date: published 1981
By: Garry Winogrand
American, 1928–1984
Object Number: 
Status: Not On View
Dimensions: Sheet: 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.) Medium: Photograph, gelatin silver print Credit Line: Gift of Jeanne and Richard S. Press Descriptions:
From the portfolio, "Women are Beautiful"
Provenance: Purchased by Jeanne and Richard Press, Weston, MA; gift to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, December 31, 2006

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Title: Ubi Girl from Tai Region Date: 1972
By: Lois Mailou Jones
American, 1905–1998
Object Number: 
Current Location: |, MFA, 231 Rotating Collections (B.&B.Stern Shapiro) E 
Dimensions: 111.1 x cm (43 3/4 x 60 in.) Medium: Acrylic on canvas Credit Line: The Hayden Collection—Charles Henry Hayden Fund Web Description: "Ubi Girl from Tai Region" depicts a young woman from the Tai Region of Liberia whose face is painted for the initiation into womanhood. Jones suggests the unification of Africa in this work by displaying two Congolese masks and the profile of a great fetish from the Ivory Coast alongside her Liberian model. This work symbolizes Jones's reclamation of her African heritage following a trip she took to Africa when she was in her sixties. Label Text: "Ubi Girl from Tai Region" depicts a young woman from the Tai Region of Liberia whose face is painted for the initiation into womanhood. Jones suggests the unification of Africa in this work by displaying two Congolese masks and the profile of a great fetish from the Ivory Coast alongside her Liberian model. This work symbolizes Jones's reclamation of her African heritage following a trip she took to Africa when she was in her sixties. Provenance: The artist; to Pierre Noel Studio d'Art, Washington; to MFA, Boston, 1974.