Tea

c. 1890

Mary Cassatt

Associated Names
Mary Cassatt

Artist, American, 1844 - 1926

The image shows a woman sitting with her body turned to the right. Her right arm rests on a surface outside of the frame. She has a calm expression and is looking slightly to the side. Her dark hair is pulled back, revealing her facial features. She wears a light-colored garment with draped straps. She holds a partially open folding fan in her right hand. There is a small table with a cup, saucer, and pitcher next to her. The background is a textured dark surface with some floral or patterned elements.

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On View

West Building Main Floor, Gallery M88

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.7 x 15.5 cm (6 15/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 30.5 × 23.8 cm (12 × 9 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1971.69.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Breeskin 1979, no. 133, v/v

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1974

  • Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1974, no. 125.

Bibliography

1979

  • Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme. Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Graphic Work. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979, no. 133, v/v.

2014

  • Jones, Kimberly A. Degas/Cassat. Exh. Cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2014: 104-105, fig. 5.

Inscriptions

recto: at lower left in graphite in later hand: Mary Cassatt Le Thé; at lower right in graphite in later hand: 15; verso: at lower center in graphite in later hand: S [circled] / H; at lower right in graphite in later hand: 5006 / B-25, 844 / A7621#53. HXV

Markings

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

Watermarks

partial letters to identify

Wikidata ID

Q65575000

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