Margot in a Floppy Bonnet Leaning against a Chair

c. 1902

Mary Cassatt

Associated Names
Mary Cassatt

Artist, American, 1844 - 1926

The image shows a portrait sketch of a young girl's upper body. She is seated with her body slightly angled to the right, one hand resting on her lap or an armrest. The girl has soft facial features, a slightly tilted head, looking directly at the viewer. Her hair is styled back with loose strands framing her face. She is wearing a soft head covering and a garment with layered fabric around her shoulders and arms. Her hand is delicately sketched near the bottom right of the image. The background is lightly sketched, fading into indistinct lines and shading.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.59 × 14.76 cm (8 1/2 × 5 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2769

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Breeskin 1979, no. 185, i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1963

  • American Artists as Print Makers, Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, PA, 1963, no. 41 (as Jeannette in a Floppy Bonnet)

1967

  • The Graphic Art of Mary Cassatt, organized by the Museum of Graphic Art, New York, and circulated to 8 venues (Cooper Union Museum, New York; National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington D.C.; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Detroit Institute of Arts; Herron Museum of Art, Indianapolis; Cincinnati Art Museum; University of California, Los Angeles; 1967-1968, no. 76.

Bibliography

1967

  • Breeskin, Adelyn, and Donald H. Karshan. The Graphic Art of Mary Cassatt. New York, Museum of Graphic Art, 1967, p. 27, no. 76.

1979

  • Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme. Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Graphic Work. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979, no. 185, i/ii.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Mary Cassatt

Wikidata ID

Q64960388

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