@bymuseum: Girl at Mirror (1954) By Norman Rockwell 📍 Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Massachusetts She is not playing dress-up. She is asking the mirror a question. A doll lies behind her, still close but already set aside. Near her are lipstick, a hairbrush, and a compact. On her lap is a magazine opened to the face of a glamorous woman. The girl sits between two worlds. Behind her is the child she has been. In front of her is the woman she thinks she may become. But the mirror gives her only herself. That is why this famous painting is not really about vanity. It is about the first moment comparison begins. The printed image looks finished. The real person still feels unfinished. When did the mirror stop showing your face and begin asking who you were supposed to become? 👉 Follow @bymuseum for vivid stories and hidden meanings in classical art.

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