Peasant Mother and Child

c. 1894

Mary Cassatt

Associated Names
Mary Cassatt

Artist, American, 1844 - 1926

The image shows an upper-body view of a woman and a child. The woman is seated slightly turned to her left, with her upper body and head visible. Her hair is dark, neatly pulled back into a bun. She appears to be looking affectionately at the child, who is being held in the woman’s arms, facing forward. The child has short, dark hair with straight bangs and round cheeks, with visible facial features including eyes, nose, and mouth. Both the woman and the child are wearing light-colored garments; the woman’s attire includes long sleeves and a high collar while the child is in a similarly light outfit. There is no visible jewelry on the woman, and both individuals are not holding any objects. The background of the image is plain and unadorned.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color drypoint and aquatint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29.69 × 24.45 cm (11 11/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 43.7 x 30.5 cm (17 3/16 x 12 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2748

  • Catalogue Raisonné

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

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1945

  • Color Prints and Color Printing: Original Works by Old and Modern Masters, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1945.

1950

  • Prints by Mary Cassatt, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1950.

1951

  • Contemporary American Prints, Berlin, Germany, 1951-1952.

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-VII, repro.

Bibliography

1979

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

1989

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

Wikidata ID

Q64960345

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