The Bath [recto]

1890-1891

Mary Cassatt

Associated Names
Mary Cassatt

Artist, American, 1844 - 1926

The image shows a woman sitting with a baby on her lap. The woman is reaching her hand into a large basin beside her. She has soft facial features, her head slightly turned down, and her hair neatly pulled back. She is wearing a long dress with a high collar and buttons. The baby is seated astride the woman's lap, facing forward and hugging the woman's waist, with minimal clothing on. The setting is plain, with an unadorned background providing no additional context.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite and black crayon

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 34.2 × 27.4 cm (13 7/16 × 10 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1948.11.49.a

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Breeskin 1970, no. 802

Associated Artworks

The image shows a woman seated, holding a child in her lap. The woman's head is tilted downward, with her hair pulled back, and she wears a long-sleeved garment. One of her arms reaches towards a circular basin beside her. The child, shown from the back, is barefoot and looking down or towards the basin. The child's hair is short and curls around the head. The background is plain. The drawing is a simple line sketch emphasizing contours and form.

The Bath [verso]

Mary Cassatt

1890

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Harris G. Whittemore, New York

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1951

  • Mary Cassatt and her Parisian Friends, Pasadena Art Institute, CA, 1951, no. 9.

1989

  • Mary Cassatt: The Color Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA, 1989-1990.

Bibliography

1970

  • Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme. Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970, no. 802.

1989

  • Mathews, Nancy Mowll, and Barbara Stern Shapiro. Mary Cassatt: The Color Prints. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1989, pp. 104-106, fig. 5-4.

1992

  • Bowen, Ron. Drawing Masterclass. London: Ebury Press, 1992, p.119.

1996

  • Mathews, Nancy Mowll. Cassatt: A Retrospective. New York: H.L. Levin Associates, 1996, p. 179.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Mary Cassatt; lower edge in graphite by unknown hand: 3134 [upside down] 36295

Markings

stamped upper right in black ink: H.G. Whittemore; stamped lower center in black ink: H.G. Whittemore

Wikidata ID

Q64607643

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