Mother's Kiss

1890-1891

Mary Cassatt

Artist, American, 1844 - 1926

Mary Cassatt

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color drypoint and aquatint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 34.6 x 22.7 cm (13 5/8 x 8 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 43.3 x 30.1 cm (17 1/16 x 11 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1963.10.254

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mathews and Shapiro 1989, no. 11, v/v


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1936

  • Mary Cassatt, Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, 1936, no. 35.

1965

  • Graphic Arts from the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965.

1966

  • Master Prints from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966-1967.

1967

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

1970

  • Mary Cassatt, 1844-1926, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970.

1998

  • Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman, The Art Institute of Chicago; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998-1999, no. 62, as The Kiss (shown only in Washington).

Bibliography

1979

  • Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme. Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Graphic Work. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979, no. 149, iv/iv.

1989

  • Mathews, Nancy Mowll, and Barbara Stern Shapiro. Mary Cassatt: The Color Prints. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1989, no. 11, v/v.

1998

  • Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman. Exh. cat. The Art Institute of Chicago; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998-1999: no. 62.

Inscriptions

recto: at lower right in graphite: Edition de 25 épreuves Imprimée par l'artiste et M. Leroy / Mary Cassatt; at lower left in graphite in later hand: E.958 set of 10 - R3; verso: at lower left in graphite in later hand: B-22-322

Markings

recto: Mary Cassatt (Lugt 604); verso: National Gallery of Art (Lugt 1932d)

Watermarks

none?

Wikidata ID

Q65511210


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