Peasant Mother and Child

c. 1894

Mary Cassatt

Associated Names
Mary Cassatt

Artist, American, 1844 - 1926

The image shows the upper bodies of two individuals: an adult and a child. The adult is sitting and facing slightly away, with their head turned toward the child who is resting on their shoulder. The adult's facial features are not visible, but their hair is neatly combed back into a bun. The child has short, straight hair with bangs, and is shown looking slightly off to the side. The adult is clothed in a garment with long sleeves, while the child is wearing a similar style of clothing. There is no visible jewelry or objects being held by either person. The background is plain and unadorned.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29.69 × 24.45 cm (11 11/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 44.7 x 31.8 cm (17 5/8 x 12 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.21.88

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mathews and Shapiro 1989, no. 17, ii/x

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert Hartshorne (1866-1927), New Jersey (Lugt 2215b); (sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 23 January 1946, lot 60?); Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA; acquired 1946 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1950

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

1951

  • Mary Cassatt and her Parisian friends, Pasadena Art Institute, CA, 1951, no. 46.

1967

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

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. 17-II, repro.

Bibliography

1979

  • Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme. Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Graphic Work. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979, no. 159, i/v.

1989

  • Mathews, Nancy Mowll, and Barbara Stern Shapiro. Mary Cassatt: The Color Prints. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1989, no. 17, ii/x.

Inscriptions

recto: below image, at right, in graphite: Mary Cassatt; at bottom center, in graphite, in later hand: 6 1/2 x 19 1/2; verso: at center, in graphite, in later hand: 11 x 20; at bottom left, in graphite, in later hand: E1186 Hartshorne; at bottom right, in graphite, in later hand: C56 [underlined]

Wikidata ID

Q65081036

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