The Fitting

1890-1891

Mary Cassatt

Artist, American, 1844 - 1926

Mary Cassatt

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 37.47 × 25.72 cm (14 3/4 × 10 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 43.5 x 26.7 cm (17 1/8 x 10 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.21.79

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mathews and Shapiro 1989, no. 9, i/vii


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert Hartshorne, New Jersey; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA; acquired 1946 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1948

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

1950

  • Prints by Mary Cassatt. Rosenwald Collection and gift of Miss Elisabeth Achelis, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1950.

1981

  • American Prints: Process and Proofs, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, 1981-1982.

1989

  • Mary Cassatt: The Color Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Williams College Museum of Art, Williamston, MA, 1989-1990, no. 9-I, repro.

1992

  • Lessing Rosenwald: An Exemplary Collector, Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany, 1992.

Bibliography

1979

  • Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme. Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Graphic Work. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979, no. 147, i/vi.

1989

  • Mathews, Nancy Mowll, and Barbara Stern Shapiro. Mary Cassatt: The Color Prints. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1989, no. 9, i/vii.

1996

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

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Mary Cassatt / etat

Watermarks

HP [in shield]

Wikidata ID

Q65081010


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