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May 24, 2013

A Taste of Asia

1 – 2 p.m.

Luxembourg Gardens at Twilight
Title:Luxembourg Gardens at Twilight
Artist:John Singer Sargent
Date:1879
Creation Place:North America, United States
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. C. C. Bovey and Mrs. C. D. Velie
Accession Number:16.20
The words "to McKim" on the canvas refer to Charles Follen McKim, a close friend of Sargent's. He was a member of McKim, Mead and White, the New York architectural firm that designed the original 1914 Minneapolis Institute of Arts building.