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Mrs. Cassatt and Lydia in the Library
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Mary Cassatt

Mrs. Cassatt and Lydia in the Library

1881

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Mary Cassatt

Mrs. Cassatt and Lydia in the Library

1881

Physical Qualities Softground etching and aquatint with burnishing, Sheet: 272 x 359 mm. (10 11/16 x 14 1/8 in.) Image: 217 x 287 mm. (8 9/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Nelson and Juanita Greif Gutman Fund
Object Number 2001.9
James A. Bergquist, Newton, MA; Marc Rosen Fine Art, Ltd., New York; Henri M. Petiet (1894-)
Adelson Galleries, Inc., NY, Meredith Long & Company, Houston, "From the Artist's Studio: Unknown Prints and Drawings by Mary Cassat," Nov. 10-Dec. 29, 2000.

BMA, "New on View," June 19-Oct. 6, 2002.

Susan Dackerman, BMA, "Whistler & Cassatt: Americans Abroad," June 11-Oct. 13, 2003.
Broude, Norma, 'Mary Cassatt: modern woman or the cult of true womanhood?', Woman's Art Journal, v. 21 no. Fall 200/Winter 2001, p. 36-43. Hammes, Lynda, 'Cassatt's studio collection surfaces- and goes on sale', Art & Auction, v. 22, no. 13, (nov. 2000), p. 200 'Fresh Cassatts', Art on Paper, v. 5 no. 2 (Nov/Dec 2000), p. 25-6

Inscribed: lower left in graphite: "MC"; by later hand, lower left in graphite: "ADB 70 compare with illustration"

Artist

Mary Cassatt

American, 1844-1926
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