[PW] Art in the White House

[Linda Corets]

Not sure how helpful this is but...

Several websites note that Mary Cassatt's "Young Mother and Two Children"
(1908) was donated anonymously to the White House in 1954  (although some
say 1965).

And the White House Historical Association mentions that it hangs in the
West Wing (for how long, it doesn't say):
http://www.whitehousehistory.org/02/subs/02_b08.html

Linda

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Got one of my aborted sendings again so I'm resending to the list. Replied
to Ann:
 
According to the White House Historical Association web site:
http://www.whitehousehistory.org/04/subs/04_a02_e06.html
<https://umail.union.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.whitehousehist
ory.org/04/subs/04_a02_e06.html> 
Georgia O'Keefe was the first 20th century American woman artist whose
work is displayed in the public rooms of the White House. Whether
"American" and "public rooms" are the kickers, I'm not sure.


 
Donna Burton
Schaffer Library, Union College
Schenectady, NY 12308
burtond at union.edu
 
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