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Girl with a Cat is a portrait painting by Gwen John in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[1]

Girl with a Cat
Artist	Gwen John
Year	1918–1922
Medium	oil paint, canvas
Dimensions	33.7 cm (13.3 in) × 26.7 cm (10.5 in)
Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession No.	1976.201.25
Identifiers	The Met object ID: 481489
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Description

The work depicts a seated girl holding a black house cat with a window behind her. The figure wears a blue apron with white polka dots.[2]

Early history and creation

The work was painted before autumn 1921, likely during the late 1910s to early 1920s.[3]

Exhibition history

Dates	Gallery	City	Show
Sep 12 – Nov 3, 1985	Barbican Art Gallery	London	Gwen John: An Interior Life, no. 28 (as "Girl with Cat")[4]
Nov 28 – Jan 26, 1985–86	Manchester City Art Gallery	Manchester	Gwen John: An Interior Life, no. 28[4]
Feb 26 – April 20, 1986	Yale Center for British Art	New Haven	Gwen John: An Interior Life, no. 28[4]

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