Mary Cassatt and George A. Lucas
Lady in Black, in a Loge, Facing Right
1878-1879
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Softground etching and aquatint, Sheet: 236 x 390 mm. (9 5/16 x 15 3/8 in.)
Plate: 193 x 296 mm. (7 5/8 x 11 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.509
Printed in greenish-black ink. While Breeskin gives the media as softground etching and aquatint, Rosen & Pinsky (2008) and NGA catalogue (2014) list it as purely softground.
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
Whistler and Cassatt: Americans Abroad
A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art
Jacobs Wing Rotations 2021
Breeskin, Adelyn D. The graphic work of Mary Cassatt; a catalogue raisonné 1st ed. (New York: H. Bittner and Co., 1948).
Laran, Jean, et al. Inventaire du fonds français après 1800 (Paris: Bibliothèque nationale, 1930-ongoing): vol. 4, pp. 148-151.
Mathews, Nancy Mowll, Barbara Stern Shapiro. Mary Cassatt: the color prints (New York: H. N. Abrams; Williamstown, Massachusetts: Williams College Museum of Art, 1989) Exhibition Catalog: Williams College Museum of Art, Williams College.
Rosen, Marc (compiler), Susan Pinsky (compiler), Warren Adelson, et al. Mary Cassatt: prints and drawings from the artist's studio (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000).
Laran, Jean, et al. Inventaire du fonds français après 1800 (Paris: Bibliothèque nationale, 1930-ongoing): vol. 4, pp. 148-151.
Mathews, Nancy Mowll, Barbara Stern Shapiro. Mary Cassatt: the color prints (New York: H. N. Abrams; Williamstown, Massachusetts: Williams College Museum of Art, 1989) Exhibition Catalog: Williams College Museum of Art, Williams College.
Rosen, Marc (compiler), Susan Pinsky (compiler), Warren Adelson, et al. Mary Cassatt: prints and drawings from the artist's studio (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000).
Inscribed: Signed and dedicated in pencil: lower right "To Mr. Lucas with my best complements / Mary Cassatt"
Markings: Artist's stamp: MC monogram (Lugt 604) Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)
