Mary Cassatt, Modeste Leroy, and others
Maternal Caress
1890
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Drypoint, aquatint, and softground etching, Sheet: 433 x 301 mm. (17 1/16 x 11 7/8 in.)
Plate: 368 x 268 mm. (14 1/2 x 10 9/16 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
1996.48.14788
Printed in color from three plates.
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
A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art
Innovative Impressions: Cassatt, Degas, and Pissarro as Painter-Printmaker
Mary Cassatt / Berthe Morisot: Allies in Impressionism
Mary Cassatt - A Comprehensive Exhibition
Lees, Sarah and Richard R. Brettell. Innovative Impressions: Prints by Cassatt, Degas, and Pissarro. Tulsa, OK: Philbrook Museum of Art, 2018.
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, inscribed, and dedicated in pencil: lower left "[illegible - possibly Enfant nue]"; lower right "To Mr. Lucas with my best compliments / Mary Cassatt / (proof printed by the artist and Leroy)"
Markings: Artist's stamp: MC monogram (Lugt 604) Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)
