The Loge (verso)
1882
Flip over Mary Cassatt’s famous painting *The Loge*, and you’ll discover this charming, hidden sketch on the back. Here, the Impressionist master uses loose, scratchy lines to capture two women in a theater box, with one prominently clutching a large fan. It feels like a candid snapshot of 19th-century social life, revealing how Cassatt studied the quiet, intimate moments of women's worlds. The faint outline of a basket in the top corner suggests she was brainstorming compositions right on the reverse of her work, turning a simple backing into a secret playground for her ideas.
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