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lemewsee:

Ammi Philips, Girl In Red Dress with Cat and Dog, ca. 1830-1835, Oil on Canvas, American Folk Art Museum, New York

From the Folk Art Museum website:

Phillips was living and working in Dutchess County, New York, when he painted Girl in Red Dress with Cat and Dog, one of four strikingly similar portraits of children he produced. In each painting, the child wears a brilliant red dress over crisply pleated white pantaloons, with red- or black-slippered feet peeping past the sawtooth hems. Their arms cross their bodies in a diagonal parallel arrangement, and they sit with a sweet-faced dog lying by their feet. This, however, is the only portrait in the group that includes a white cat, which the child holds in her arms, rationalizing the otherwise awkward pose.

As of the time I am posting this, February 2012, this work is on loan from the American Folk Art museum and is on view at the MET in their new American wing. If you are in the area I would highly suggest taking the time to visit it. Not only is the new gallery fantastic, but the red color in this can really only be appreciated in person.

AND VISIT THE AFAM TOO BECAUSE IT’S HEINOUSLY UNDERRATED

Seriously!