Lot 160
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MARY CASSATT | Mother Seated with Baby Standing Next to Her in a Landscape

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Mary Cassatt
  • Mother Seated with Baby Standing Next to Her in a Landscape
  • Stamped Collection de Mathilde X (lower right); stamped Collection de Mathilde X (on the reverse)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 9 1/2 by 13 in.
  • 24.1 by 33 cm
  • Painted in 1910.

Provenance

Mathilde Valet, Paris (and sold: Galerie A.-M. Reitlinger, Paris, May 19-June 30, 1931, lot 1)
Mrs. Montague Israel, Montreal (acquired by 1981)
Harcourts Contemporary, San Francisco (acquired in 1984)
Private Collection
Steve Banks Fine Arts, San Francisco
Acquired from the above on October 16, 1997

Literature

Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue RaisonnĂ© of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings, Washington, D.C., 1970, no. 611, illustrated p. 217

Condition

The canvas is unlined and there is frame abrasion at the extreme edges. There appear to be scattered pindots of possible surface accretion possibly inherent to the artist's process and the work is slightly dirty. Under UV: there is no apparent inpainting.
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.

Catalogue Note

This work is included as no. 628 in the Cassatt Committee's revision of Adelyn Dohme Breeskin's catalogue raisonnĂ© of the works of Mary Cassatt.