Mary Cassatt
Young Woman in Black
1878
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Mary Cassatt
Young Woman in Black
1878
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Unframed: 31 3/4 x 25 1/2 in. (80.6 x 64.8 cm)
Framed: 39 1/4 x 33 in. (99.7 x 83.8 cm)
Credit Line
The Peabody Art Collection. Courtesy of the Maryland Commission on Artistic Property of the Maryland State Archives. MSA SC 4680-10-0010
Object Number
L.1964.18
Wildenstein Gallery, New York City, NY, Oct. 1947 - Jan. 1948.
Art Institute of Chicago, January - February, 1954; circulated to Metropolitan Museum of Art, March-May, 1954
Baltimore Museum of Art, "Manet, Degas, Morisot and Cassatt", April 18 - June 3, 1962
M. Knoedler and Co., "Exhibition of Painting, Drawings, and Graphic Works by Mary Cassatt", February 1966
Joslyn Art Museum, "Mary Cassatt Among the Impressionists", April 9 - June 1, 1969.
National Gallery of Art, "Mary Cassatt", September 26 - November 8, 1970
Walters Art Gallery, "Old Mistresses", April 17 - June 18, 1972
Newport Harbor Art Museum, "Mary Cassatt 1844-1926", December 12, 1973 - January 20, 1974; circulated to Santa Barbara Museum of Art, February 2 - March 17, 1974
USIA, "Two Hundred Years of American Painting", 1976; circulated to Rheninisches Landesmuseum, June 30 - July 28, 1976; Museum of Modern Art, Belgrade, August 16 - September 11, 1976; Galleria d'Arte Moderna, September 28 - October 26, 1976; National Museum of Poland, November 12 - December 30, 1976; The Maryland Science Center, January 16 - February 6, 1977
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "Women Artists: 1550-1950"; circulated to University Art Museum, Austin, April 12 - June 12, 1977; Carnegie Institute, July 14 - September 4, 1977; The Brooklyn Museum, October 4 - November 22, 1977.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, "Mary Cassatt at Home", August 5 - October 1, 1978
American Federation of the Arts, "The Art of Mary Cassatt (1844 - 1926), 1981; circulated to the The Isetan Art Gallery, Tokyo, June 11 - July 7, 1981; Nara Prefectural Museum of Art, Nara, July 18 - August 23, 1981
SITES, "American Impressionism", 1982-1983; circulated to The Musee de Petit Palais, March 10 - May 18, 1982; Staaliche Museen su Berlin (East Berlin) June 6 - July 17, 1982; The National Museum, Cracow, August 15 - September 25, 1982; Art Museum of Socialist Republic of Romania, October 24 - December 4, 1982; National Art Gallery, Sofia, December 26, 1982 - January 31, 1983
Coe-Kerr Gallery, Inc., "Mary Cassatt: An American Observer", October 3 - October 27, 1984
National Gallery of Art, "The New Painting: Impressionism 1874-1886", January 16 - April 6, 1986; circulated to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, April 19 - July 6, 1986
SITES, "New Horizons: American Painting 1840 - 1910", October 1987 - June 1988; circulated to State Tretyakov Museum, November 16, 1987 - January 6, 1988; State Russian Museum, Leningrad, January 22 - March 18, 1988; Minsk State Museum of Belorussiya, March 30 - May 13, 1988
The Art Institute of Chicago, "Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman", October 10, 1998 - January 10, 1999; circulated to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, February 6 - May 19, 1999; National Gallery of Art, June 5 - September 6, 1999
Baltimore Museum of Art, "Impressionist Portraits from American Collections", October 6, 1999 - January 30, 2000; circulated to Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 25, 2000 - May 7, 2000; Cleveland Museum of Art, May 28, 2000 - July 30, 2000
Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Spain, "An Intimate Vision: Women Impressionists," November 12, 2001 - February 3, 2002.
The National Gallery, London, "Americans in Paris", February 22, 2006 - May 21, 2006
Denver Art Museum, "Impression and the Art of the Past," circulated to Seattle Art Museum only, June 19 - September 21, 2008.
The National Gallery of Art, "Degas/Cassatt," May 11, 2014 - October 5, 2014.
Philidelphia Museum of Art, "Mary Cassat at Work". Philidelphia Museum of Art, April 17, 2024- August 4, 2024.
Art Institute of Chicago, January - February, 1954; circulated to Metropolitan Museum of Art, March-May, 1954
Baltimore Museum of Art, "Manet, Degas, Morisot and Cassatt", April 18 - June 3, 1962
M. Knoedler and Co., "Exhibition of Painting, Drawings, and Graphic Works by Mary Cassatt", February 1966
Joslyn Art Museum, "Mary Cassatt Among the Impressionists", April 9 - June 1, 1969.
National Gallery of Art, "Mary Cassatt", September 26 - November 8, 1970
Walters Art Gallery, "Old Mistresses", April 17 - June 18, 1972
Newport Harbor Art Museum, "Mary Cassatt 1844-1926", December 12, 1973 - January 20, 1974; circulated to Santa Barbara Museum of Art, February 2 - March 17, 1974
USIA, "Two Hundred Years of American Painting", 1976; circulated to Rheninisches Landesmuseum, June 30 - July 28, 1976; Museum of Modern Art, Belgrade, August 16 - September 11, 1976; Galleria d'Arte Moderna, September 28 - October 26, 1976; National Museum of Poland, November 12 - December 30, 1976; The Maryland Science Center, January 16 - February 6, 1977
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "Women Artists: 1550-1950"; circulated to University Art Museum, Austin, April 12 - June 12, 1977; Carnegie Institute, July 14 - September 4, 1977; The Brooklyn Museum, October 4 - November 22, 1977.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, "Mary Cassatt at Home", August 5 - October 1, 1978
American Federation of the Arts, "The Art of Mary Cassatt (1844 - 1926), 1981; circulated to the The Isetan Art Gallery, Tokyo, June 11 - July 7, 1981; Nara Prefectural Museum of Art, Nara, July 18 - August 23, 1981
SITES, "American Impressionism", 1982-1983; circulated to The Musee de Petit Palais, March 10 - May 18, 1982; Staaliche Museen su Berlin (East Berlin) June 6 - July 17, 1982; The National Museum, Cracow, August 15 - September 25, 1982; Art Museum of Socialist Republic of Romania, October 24 - December 4, 1982; National Art Gallery, Sofia, December 26, 1982 - January 31, 1983
Coe-Kerr Gallery, Inc., "Mary Cassatt: An American Observer", October 3 - October 27, 1984
National Gallery of Art, "The New Painting: Impressionism 1874-1886", January 16 - April 6, 1986; circulated to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, April 19 - July 6, 1986
SITES, "New Horizons: American Painting 1840 - 1910", October 1987 - June 1988; circulated to State Tretyakov Museum, November 16, 1987 - January 6, 1988; State Russian Museum, Leningrad, January 22 - March 18, 1988; Minsk State Museum of Belorussiya, March 30 - May 13, 1988
The Art Institute of Chicago, "Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman", October 10, 1998 - January 10, 1999; circulated to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, February 6 - May 19, 1999; National Gallery of Art, June 5 - September 6, 1999
Baltimore Museum of Art, "Impressionist Portraits from American Collections", October 6, 1999 - January 30, 2000; circulated to Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 25, 2000 - May 7, 2000; Cleveland Museum of Art, May 28, 2000 - July 30, 2000
Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Spain, "An Intimate Vision: Women Impressionists," November 12, 2001 - February 3, 2002.
The National Gallery, London, "Americans in Paris", February 22, 2006 - May 21, 2006
Denver Art Museum, "Impression and the Art of the Past," circulated to Seattle Art Museum only, June 19 - September 21, 2008.
The National Gallery of Art, "Degas/Cassatt," May 11, 2014 - October 5, 2014.
Philidelphia Museum of Art, "Mary Cassat at Work". Philidelphia Museum of Art, April 17, 2024- August 4, 2024.
Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, "Mary Cassatt, A Catalogue Raisonne of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors and Drawings", Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970, ill. p. 76, no. 129
Reproduced in color in unbound catalogue for the Exhibition "Mary Cassatt, 1844-1926" at the Newport Harbor Art Museum, 1974
Jay Roudebush, "Mary Cassatt", New York: Crown, 1979
Barbara Novak, "American Impressionism", Portfolio, Magazine of the Fine Arts, April 1982. Vol. IV, No. 2, pp. 69-81
Monika Kopplin, "The Fan Leaf from Manet to Kokoschla", Stuttgart: Stuttgart Staatsgalerie, 1984, p. 18, ill. 13
Nancy Mowll Mathews, "Mary Cassatt", New York: Harry N, Abrams, Inc., 1987, p. 50
Michael Cain, "Mary Cassatt", New York - Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 1988, ill. p. 75
Griselda Pollock, "Modernity and the Spaces of Femininity", Routledge Classics, 1988, p. 90
Maria Cistantino, "Mary Cassat", New York, Brompton Books/Barnes and Noble, 1995, ill. p. 41
Debra N. Mancoff, "Mary Cassatt: Reflections of Women's Lives", London: Frances Lincoln LTD, 1998
Debra Mancoff, "Why Cassatt Matters", Chicago Tribune, October 11, 1998
Stephen May, "Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman", Antiques and The Arts Weekly, March 26, 1999
Professor Richard Brettell, "The Teaching Company Video Series: From Monet to Van Gogh: A History of Impressionism," Chantilly, 2003
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, "Cassatt- McNicoll". Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, 3 June 2023- 1 October 2023.
On View: Cone Wing, Gallery 4
