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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.263
People
Mary Cassatt, American (Allegheny City, PA 1844 - 1926 Le Mesnil-Theribus, France)
Title
Mother Marie Dressing Her Baby
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1890
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/365792

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Drypoint on white laid paper
Technique
Drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 25.9 × 17.8 cm (10 3/16 × 7 in.)
sheet: 34.7 × 19.7 cm (13 11/16 × 7 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: M.C
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: 142
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: 55 [erased]
  • watermark: center of sheet: YELRENDA [?]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
The artist, sold; to [Ambrose Vollard, Paris, circa 1906-1913]. [Henri M. Petiet, Paris, probably circa 1940 ], by descent; to his estate, sold; [through Mark Rosen Fine Art, Ltd., New York], sold; to David B. Poor and Patricia Beilman, 2000, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2019

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Breeskin 142

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of C. Taylor Poor, Harvard College Class of 2012, Harvard Law School Class of 2016, and Emery A. Poor, Harvard College Class of 2015
Accession Year
2019
Object Number
2019.263
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Marc Rosen, Susan Pinsky, Jay Cantor, Warren Adelson, and Barbara Stern Shapiro, Mary Cassatt: Prints and Drawings from the Artist's Studio, exh. cat., Princeton University Press (Princeton, 2000), pp. 15, 74, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Mary Cassatt: Prints and Drawings from the Artist's Studio, Adelson Galleries, Inc., 11/10/2000 - 12/29/2000

Verification Level

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