Reflection

c. 1890

Mary Cassatt

Associated Names
Mary Cassatt

Artist, American, 1844 - 1926

The image depicts a seated woman wearing a large coat and skirt. She is seated with her body angled to the side, head turned slightly towards the viewer. The woman has delicate facial features, with her hair covered by a fluffy hat. Her hands are resting in her lap as she sits on a wide chair. She is not wearing any visible jewelry or holding any objects. The background features simple vertical lines resembling a plain interior wall, creating a minimalist setting.

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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: 26.2 × 17.4 cm (10 5/16 × 6 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 37.6 × 24.3 cm (14 13/16 × 9 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2024.57.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Breeskin 1979, no. 131 iv/iv

More About this Artwork

The image depicts a seated woman wearing a large coat and skirt. She is seated with her body angled to the side, head turned slightly towards the viewer. The woman has delicate facial features, with her hair covered by a fluffy hat. Her hands are resting in her lap as she sits on a wide chair. She is not wearing any visible jewelry or holding any objects. The background features simple vertical lines resembling a plain interior wall, creating a minimalist setting.

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The pioneering American impressionist was one of the most innovative printmakers of her generation.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Rothschild family; (sale, Paris, Thierry de Maigret, 8-9 June 2023, lot 108);
(Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris); purchased 2024 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1979

  • Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme. Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Graphic Work. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979, no. 131.

Inscriptions

recto: below image, at right, in graphite: Mary Cassatt; at upper right, in brown ink, in eighteenth-century writing: Ce [?] Soi [?] en Nuif [?]; verso: none

Markings

recto: Mary Cassatt (Lugt 604); verso: none

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