About This Stamp
Four works of art by Mary Cassatt were chosen by art director Derry Noyes for this third issuance in the American Treasures series:
Young Mother, 1888, The Art Institute of Chicago
Children Playing on the Beach, 1884, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
On a Balcony, 1878/79, The Art Institute of Chicago
Child in a Straw Hat, circa 1886, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Young Mother is a pastel on tan wove paper; the other three are oils on canvas.
Stamp Art Director
Derry Noyes
For more than 40 years Derry Noyes has designed and provided art direction for close to 800 United States postage stamps and stamp products. She holds a bachelor of arts degree from Hampshire College and a master of fine arts degree from Yale University.
Noyes worked as a graphics designer at Beveridge and Associates, a Washington, D.C., firm, until 1979 when she established her own design firm, Derry Noyes Graphics. Her clients have included museums, corporations, foundations, and architectural and educational institutions. Her work has been honored by American Illustration, the Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington, Communication Arts, Critique magazine, Graphis, Creativity International, and the Society of Illustrators.
Before becoming an art director for the U.S. Postal Service, she served as a member of the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee from 1981 to 1983.
Noyes is a resident of Washington, D.C.