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Mary Cassatt
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description
- Mary Cassatt
- Young Woman Wearing a Ruff
- signed M S Cassatt (lower left)
- oil on canvas
- 32 by 25 inches
- (18.2 by 63.5 cm)
- Painted circa 1869.
Provenance
J. Gardner Cassatt (and sold by the estate: Samuel T. Freeman & Co, Philadelphia, February 26, 1931, lot 145, as Study of a Young Lady in Fancy Costume)
Mr. Klasse (acquired at the above sale)
Joan Silsbee, Malibu (by descent from the above)
Bequest from the above, 2011
Mr. Klasse (acquired at the above sale)
Joan Silsbee, Malibu (by descent from the above)
Bequest from the above, 2011
Exhibited
New York, Society of American Artists, Second Annual Exhibition, 1879
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 50th Annual Exhibition, 1879
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 50th Annual Exhibition, 1879
Literature
"Auction Sales," Art News 29, February 21, 1931, p. 19
Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Graphic Work, Washington, DC, 1979, no. 5, p. 30, illustrated
Frank Getlein, Mary Cassatt, Paintings and Prints. New York, 1980, p. 106, illustrated (as A Lute Player)
Sarah Burns, Whiteface: Art, Women, and the Banjo in Late-Nineteenth-Century America," in Picturing the Banjo, pp. 71-94
Cassatt Committee, Mary Cassatt: A New Catalogue Raisonné, www.marycassatt.com, no. 28, illustrated
Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Graphic Work, Washington, DC, 1979, no. 5, p. 30, illustrated
Frank Getlein, Mary Cassatt, Paintings and Prints. New York, 1980, p. 106, illustrated (as A Lute Player)
Sarah Burns, Whiteface: Art, Women, and the Banjo in Late-Nineteenth-Century America," in Picturing the Banjo, pp. 71-94
Cassatt Committee, Mary Cassatt: A New Catalogue Raisonné, www.marycassatt.com, no. 28, illustrated
Condition
Oil on canvas, canvas is strip lined and there is a small patch visible reverse in the upper left corner. Surface: In generally good condition aside from scattered craquelure, faint surface dirt and a few areas of frame abrasion with associated loss (under the rabbit). Colors are bright and fresh. UNDER UV: A few scattered dots and dashes of inpainting, including a few small dots on her forehead, proper left cheek and a line on her chin.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.