Peasant Mother and Child

c. 1894

Mary Cassatt

Associated Names
Mary Cassatt

Artist, American, 1844 - 1926

The artwork depicts a woman sitting and holding a child. The woman, seen from the back, has her hair tied up in a bun and is wearing a long-sleeved, dark-colored dress. She is looking at the child, who is standing on her lap, facing her. The child has short, light-colored hair and is dressed in a long, light garment. The background is a solid, muted green, and there are no additional objects or details surrounding them. The composition focuses on the woman and child.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color drypoint and aquatint on Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29.8 x 24.1 cm (11 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 47.2 x 29.4 cm (18 9/16 x 11 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2749

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mathews and Shapiro 1989, no. 17, ix/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.

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-IX, repro.

Bibliography

1979

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

1989

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

Inscriptions

recto: below image at right in graphite: State / Mary Cassatt; at bottom left in graphite in later hand: M / E; verso: none

Wikidata ID

Q64960347

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