The Corner of the Sofa (No. 3)

c. 1879

Mary Cassatt

Associated Names
Mary Cassatt

Artist, American, 1844 - 1926

The image depicts an artwork of a person extending from the torso up to the head. The person is slightly turned to their left, with their head slightly tilted. The facial features are softly sketched, with indistinct expressions. The individual's hair is short and tucked under a hat with a decorative band. The person wears a high-collared garment, possibly a coat or dress, with visible details of a tied neckpiece. They appear to be seated on a textured surface, possibly a cushion or upholstery. There are no visible accessories or objects. The background consists of a dark section on one side and a lighter textured section on the other.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    softground etching and aquatint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 30.96 × 22.07 cm (12 3/16 × 8 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1947.7.17

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Breeskin 1979, no. 16, ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1948

  • American Graphic Art from the Eighteenth Century to the Present, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948.

1950

  • Prints by Mary Cassatt, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1950, no cat.

1963

  • Prints and Drawings by Mary Cassatt, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1963.

1964

  • Prints by Mary Cassatt, organized by the Smithsonian Travelling Exhibition Service and circulated to 10 venues (Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY; Norton Gallery & School of Art, Palm Beach, FL; University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI; Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS; Charles & Emma Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH; Columbus Gallery of Fine Art, Columbus, OH; Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA; and A.D. White Museum of Art at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY), 1964-1965.

1967

  • Miss Mary Cassatt: Paintings and Graphic Arts, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, 1967.

Bibliography

1979

  • Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme. Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Graphic Work. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979, no. 16, ii/iii.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: M.C.

Wikidata ID

Q65081071

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