Lot 79
  • 79

Mary Cassatt

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description

  • Mary Cassatt
  • Sketch of Reine and Child
  • pastel on paper
  • 12 3/4 by 14 3/4 inches
  • (32.4 by 37.5 cm)
  • Executed in 1902-03.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Mathilde Valet, Chateau de Beaufresne, France (sold:  Hôtel Drouot, Paris, "Collection de Mlle X", March 30, 1927, lot 2 (as Femme et enfant, deux têtes)
Mr. X [Van Gelder]
Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 20, 1950, lot 2 (as Tête de femme et enfantpossibly consigned by Van Gelder)
Adolfo Costa du Rels, Paris, until at least 1969
Sale: Christie's, London, July 3, 1973, lot 12 (as Rene Lefebvre et enfant)
Sale: Christie's, London, April 5, 1974, lot 85 (as Rene Lefebvre et enfant)
Hammer Galleries, New York, until 1979
Lagakos-Turk Gallery, Philadelphia (by 1994)
Burton Marinkovich Fine Art, Washington, DC, by 1995
Private Collection

Exhibited

New York, Hammer Galleries, 1979 (as Reine and Child)

Literature

Cassatt Committee, Mary Cassatt: A New Catalogue Raisonné, www.marycassatt.com, no. 384, illustrated                                                

Condition

Pastel on laid paper; sheet in generally good condition aside from pin holes around edges; small repaired tears along all edges; mat and tape stain along all edges; slightly buckling paper. Recto: In good condition; a few scattered dots of foxing; minor handling surface dirt; staining below the face of the main figure. Verso: Not visible; work is hinged by 5 pieces of white cloth tape along upper and lower edges.
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