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Mary Cassatt 1845 - 1926
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description
- Mary Cassatt
- Little Girl in a Red Beret (Le béret rouge)
- stamped collection de Mathilde X and inscribed Mesnil-Beaufr 1898 in another hand (lower right)
- oil on canvas
- 9 1/2 by 13 inches
- (24.1 by 33 cm)
- Painted circa 1914.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Mathilde Valet, Chateau de Beaufresne, France, 1927 (sold: Galerie A.M. Reitlinger, Paris, France, "Mathilde X" sale, May-June 1931, lot 2, illustrated, as Le béret rouge)
Sold: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, France, May 4, 1933, no. 43 (as le béret rouge)
Acquavella Galleries, New York
Private Collection, Texas, by 1979
Coe Kerr Gallery, New York, 1985
Private Collection, 1985 (acquired from the above)
Acquired by the present owner from the above
Mathilde Valet, Chateau de Beaufresne, France, 1927 (sold: Galerie A.M. Reitlinger, Paris, France, "Mathilde X" sale, May-June 1931, lot 2, illustrated, as Le béret rouge)
Sold: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, France, May 4, 1933, no. 43 (as le béret rouge)
Acquavella Galleries, New York
Private Collection, Texas, by 1979
Coe Kerr Gallery, New York, 1985
Private Collection, 1985 (acquired from the above)
Acquired by the present owner from the above
Exhibited
Paris, Douane Centrale Exposition (stamped on the reverse)
New York, Coe Kerr Gallery, American Impressionism, November-December 1985, no. 8, illustrated
New York, Coe Kerr Gallery, American Impressionism, November-December 1985, no. 8, illustrated
Literature
Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings, Washington, D.C., 1970, no. 103, p. 65, illustrated
Condition
This work is in very good condition. The canvas is unlined. Under UV: there are a few small dots of inpainting in the figure's forehead and in the upper background.
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.
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.