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November 20, 2009
DAILY PUBLIC TOUR

In Pursuit of a Masterpiece

1 – 2 p.m.
Luxembourg Gardens at Twilight
Title:Luxembourg Gardens at Twilight
Artist:John Singer Sargent
Date:1879
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:29 x 36 1/2 in. (73.66 x 92.71 cm) (canvas) 28 1/2 x 36 in. (72.39 x 91.44...
Creation Place:North America, United States
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. C. C. Bovey and Mrs. C. D. Velie
Accession Number:16.20
Location:G357
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.