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Mary Cassatt - Young Woman Picking Fruit 1891-1892. Young Women Picking Fruit, which may be connected to the
mural commission, shows two women, one reaching to pick a piece of fruit, the other sitting meditatively, holding a pear
in her lap. According to the artist, the pear tree represents the tree of knowledge; and in plucking its fruit, these modern
women express their desire for equality and intellectual recognition. - ArtsViewer.com