Smiling Margot Wearing a Ruffled Bonnet

c. 1902

Mary Cassatt

Associated Names
Mary Cassatt

Artist, American, 1844 - 1926

The image is a sketch of a young child seated on a comfortable chair. The child is facing forward with a relaxed sitting pose, soft facial features, a slight smile, and partially visible hair framed by a large bonnet. They are wearing a simple garment, and there is a decorative bow around the neck. The background is a blank page with visible creases and smudges, and the number "131" is written in blue above the child's head. The sketch is rendered with delicate pencil strokes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite over red chalk on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    The Armand Hammer Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 31.3 × 20.1 cm (12 5/16 × 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.217.74

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Breeskin 1970, no. 878

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

H.M.P., Paris, France; (Parke-Bernet, New York, February 14, 1980, no. 762); Armand Hammer Collection, Los Angeles, CA, 1980; acquired 1991 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1980

  • International tour with works from The Armand Hammer Collection from 1980-1987 (25 venues starting with the Corcoran Gallery and School of Art, Washington, D.C.)

1987

  • Master Drawings from the Armand Hammer Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1987.

1988

  • Nineteenth-Century Drawings from the Armand Hammer Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1988-1989, no cat.

1989

  • Master Drawings from the Armand Hammer Collection: An Inaugural Celebration, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1989, no cat.

  • Master Drawings from the Armand Hammer Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1989, no cat.

1990

  • Figures and Portraits from the Armand Hammer Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1990, no cat.

1992

  • Hammer Collection rotation, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992-1993, no cat.

Bibliography

1970

  • Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme. Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970, no. 878.

Inscriptions

recto: lower right in graphite: M.C; upper center in blue crayon by unknown hand: 131 [inverted]; verso: none

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64607686

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