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Mary Cassatt

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Description

  • Mary Cassatt
  • Peasant Mother and Child (B. 159; M. & S. 17)
  • 298 by 242 mm 11 3/4 by 9 1/2 in
  • sheet 350 by 280 mm 13 1/4 by 11 in
Drypoint and aquatint printed in colors, with touches of hand-coloring, c. 1894, a rich impression of Mathews & Shapiro's tenth (final) state, signed in pencil and with the artist's blue monogram stamp (Lugt 604), from the proposed edition of about 50, on laid paper with the Plancher Bas watermark, with wide margins, in good condition, framed

Catalogue Note

Provenance:
Private American and European collections
Michael H. Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1998

Exhibited:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Marquette University, Patrick & Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, Children in Art: A Century of Change, February 12- May 23, 1999

Mathews & Shapiro note variations in the inking of the final state; while in some impressions the color extends across the entire skirt and to the bottom of the plate, others show color tapering off below the mother's jacket.