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June 19, 2013
YOUTH PROGRAM

Your MIA, S18 (ages 9-12)

9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Studios 111-113

Full-day camp Kick off summer by finding ways to spend it in and around the museum, solo or with friends. $310; includes a 1-year Student Membership ($20 value) To register, call (612) 870-3000 or register online.
The Birthday Party
Title:The Birthday Party
Artist:John Singer Sargent
Date:1887
Creation Place:North America, United States
Credit Line:The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund and the John R. Van Derlip Fund
Accession Number:62.84
This vivaciously painted domestic subject belongs with a group of similar interior scenes with portraits of friends executed by Sargent in the 1880s. It depicts the family of the well-known French artists Albert Besnard (1849-1934) and his wife Charlotte Dubray (1855-1931), whom Sargent had befriended by 1883.