In the Omnibus [recto]

c. 1891

Mary Cassatt

Artist, American, 1844 - 1926

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk and graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 37.94 × 27.15 cm (14 15/16 × 10 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1948.11.51.a

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Breeskin 1970, no. 804

Associated Artworks

In the Omnibus [verso]

Mary Cassatt

1891

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1941

  • Mary Cassatt, Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, 1941-1942, no. 73.

1955

  • Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC, 1955.

  • Lowe Art Gallery, University of Miami, FL, 1955-1956.

1956

  • Masterpieces of Graphic Art from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1956, no cat.

1962

  • Paintings, drawings and graphic works by Manet, Degas, Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1962, no. 122.

1963

  • Prints and Drawings by Mary Cassatt from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1963, no cat.

1970

  • Mary Cassatt, 1844-1926, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1970, no. 85, repro.

1973

  • Mary Cassatt, 1844-1926, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA; and Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA, 1973-74, no. 19a.

1978

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC., 1978, p. 101 (as Tramway).

1982

  • Lessing J. Rosenwald: Tribute to a Collector, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1982, no. 88, repro.

1989

  • Mary Cassatt: The Color Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA, 1989-1990, p. 116, fig. 7-1.

1999

  • Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman, The Art Institute of Chicago; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1998-1999 (shown only in Washington), 83-84, repro.

2001

  • The Unfinished Print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2001.

2024

  • Mary Cassatt at Work, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 2024.

Bibliography

1970

  • Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme. Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970, no. 804.

1982

  • Fine, Ruth E. Lessing J. Rosenwald: Tribute to a Collector. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1982, no. 88.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 680, no. 1096, color repro., as Tramway.

1989

  • Mathews, Nancy Mowll, and Barbara Stern Shapiro. Mary Cassatt: The Color Prints. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1989, p. 116, fig. 7-1.

1997

  • Brown, Clint and Cheryl McLean. Drawing From Life. Fort Worth, 1997: 28-29, fig. 2.26.

1998

  • Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman. Exh. cat. The Art Institute of Chicago; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998-1999: 83-84, repro.

2006

  • Søndergaard, Sidsel Maria. Women in Impressionism: from Mythical Feminine to Modern Woman. (Exh. cat. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, 2006-2007). Milan, 2006, no. 182, not in exhibition.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Mary Cassatt

Wikidata ID

Q64607649

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