Child Seated on a Sofa

c. 1883

Mary Cassatt

Artist, American, 1844 - 1926

Mary Cassatt

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 22.1 × 14.7 cm (8 11/16 × 5 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1970.17.143

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Breeskin 1970, no. 771

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Captain Edward H. Molyneux, Paris, c. 1952; Ailsa Mellon Bruce, New York, 1955; acquired 1970 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1961

  • French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, The California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA, 1961, no. 12, repro.

1985

  • Figure Drawings from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985.

Bibliography

1961

  • French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1961: 12.

1970

  • Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme. Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970, no. 771.

1991

  • Wadley, Nicholas. Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Drawing. London, 1991: no. 18.

1993

  • Smagula, Howard J. Creative Drawing. London: Brown & Benchmark, 1993 (reproduced only, p.2.6).

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: M.C

Wikidata ID

Q64607678

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