Mary Cassatt
In the Opera Box (No. 3)
1879-1880
Physical Qualities
Softground etching and aquatint with burnishing, Sheet: 303 x 251 mm. (11 15/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Plate: 204 x 185 mm. (8 1/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with Funds from the State of Maryland. Funds from Laurence and Stella Bendann, and Contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.524
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Wildenstein Gallery, New York City, NY, Oct. 1947 - Jan. 1948.
The Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, Dec. 3 - Dec. 22, 1959.
The Museum of Graphic Art, New York, "The Graphic Art of Mary Cassatt," traveled to Christian Rohlfing, The Cooper Union Museum, New York, Oct. 3 - Nov. 4, 1967; circulated to Simthsonian Institution, early Jan. - Feb. 25, 1968.
Jay McKean Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, “Three Master Printmakers from the Nineteenth Century: Eugène Delacroix, Edouard Manet, Mary Cassatt,” March 17-May 30, 1993
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Degas and the Little Dancer in Context," 4 October - 3 January 1999.
Lebanon Valley College, Suzanne H. Arnold Gallery, Annville, Pennsylvania, "Mary Cassatt, Printmaker," March 8-April 5, 2001
Susan Dackerman, Baltimore Museum of Art, "Whistler & Cassatt: Americans Abroad," June 11-Oct. 13, 2003; circulated to The Academy of the Arts, August 10, - October 20, 2004.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art," October 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.
The Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, Dec. 3 - Dec. 22, 1959.
The Museum of Graphic Art, New York, "The Graphic Art of Mary Cassatt," traveled to Christian Rohlfing, The Cooper Union Museum, New York, Oct. 3 - Nov. 4, 1967; circulated to Simthsonian Institution, early Jan. - Feb. 25, 1968.
Jay McKean Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, “Three Master Printmakers from the Nineteenth Century: Eugène Delacroix, Edouard Manet, Mary Cassatt,” March 17-May 30, 1993
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Degas and the Little Dancer in Context," 4 October - 3 January 1999.
Lebanon Valley College, Suzanne H. Arnold Gallery, Annville, Pennsylvania, "Mary Cassatt, Printmaker," March 8-April 5, 2001
Susan Dackerman, Baltimore Museum of Art, "Whistler & Cassatt: Americans Abroad," June 11-Oct. 13, 2003; circulated to The Academy of the Arts, August 10, - October 20, 2004.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art," October 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.
Inscribed: Signed and inscribed in pencil: lower left "Mary Cassatt / etat"
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)
