The Fitting

1890-1891

Mary Cassatt

Artist, American, 1844 - 1926

Mary Cassatt

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color drypoint and aquatint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Chester Dale Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 37.5 x 25.4 cm (14 3/4 x 10 in.)
    sheet: 47.8 x 30.8 cm (18 13/16 x 12 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1963.10.252

  • Catalogue Raisonné

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


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1936

  • Mary Cassatt, Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, 1936, no. 29.

1965

  • Graphic Arts from the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965.

1967

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

1977

  • Prints of Paris: The 1890s, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1977.

1986

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1986-1987.

1998

  • Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman, The Art Institute of Chicago; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1998-1999, no. 60, as Young Woman Trying on a Dress (shown only in Washington).

Bibliography

1979

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

1989

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

1995

  • Costantino, Maria. Mary Cassatt. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1995, p. 63, no. 147.

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, no. 60.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Edition de 25 épreuves Imprimée par l'artiste et M. Leroy / Mary Cassatt

Wikidata ID

Q65511208


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