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IN PURSUIT OF LIGHT: THE COLLECTION OF CAROL AND TERRY WALL
MARY CASSATT (1844-1926)
Femme portant un bonnet noir et vert, cousant
Details
MARY CASSATT (1844-1926)
Femme portant un bonnet noir et vert, cousant
oil on canvas
24 x 19 ¾ in. (61 x 50.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1889-1890
Femme portant un bonnet noir et vert, cousant
oil on canvas
24 x 19 ¾ in. (61 x 50.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1889-1890
Provenance
Mathilde Vallet, France (1927); sale, Galerie A.-M. Reitlinger, Paris, 19 May-30 June 1931, lot 7.
Theodore Schempp, Paris.
Charles H. and Mary F.S. Worcester, Chicago (1935).
The Art Institute of Chicago (acquired from the above, 1947); sale, Sotheby's, New York, 28 May 1987, lot 185.
Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York (by 1988).
Acquired from the above by the present owners.
Theodore Schempp, Paris.
Charles H. and Mary F.S. Worcester, Chicago (1935).
The Art Institute of Chicago (acquired from the above, 1947); sale, Sotheby's, New York, 28 May 1987, lot 185.
Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York (by 1988).
Acquired from the above by the present owners.
Literature
D.C. Rich, Catalogue of the Charles H. and Mary F.S. Worcester Collection of Paintings, Sculpture and Drawing, Chicago, 1938, p. 57, no. 51 (illustrated, pl. XXXVI; titled Young Woman Sewing).
A.D. Breeskin, The Graphic Work of Mary Cassatt, New York, 1948, p. 57 (titled The Green Bonnet).
F.A. Sweet, "The Charles H. and Mary F.S. Worcester Collection" in The Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly, 15 September 1956, vol. L, p. 44 (titled Young Woman Sewing).
Art Institute of Chicago, ed., Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1961, p. 69 (titled Young Woman Sewing).
F.A. Sweet, "Paintings and Pastels by Mary Cassatt" in Museum Studies, 1967, vol. II, p. 41 (illustrated, p. 39, fig. 6; titled Young Woman Sewing).
A.D. Breeskin, Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors and Drawings, Washington, D.C., 1970, p. 93, no. 172 (illustrated).
F. Getlein, Mary Cassatt: Paintings and Prints, New York, 1980, p. 72 (illustrated in color, p. 73; titled Young Woman Sewing).
S.G. Lindsay, Mary Cassatt and Philadelphia, exh. cat., Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1985, p. 68 (titled Young Woman Sewing).
N.M. Matthews, Mary Cassatt, New York, 1987, p. 63 (illustrated in color, p. 65, fig. 56; titled Young Woman Sewing).
Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., ed., American Paintings V, New York, 1988, p. 116 (illustrated in color, p. 117).
Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., ed., American Paintings VII, New York, 1994, p. 146 (illustrated in color, p. 147).
R.S. Johnson, Mary Cassatt: Retrospective Exhibition, exh. cat., R.S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, 1997, p. 68n2 (titled Woman in a Black and Green Bonnet).
J. Wilmerding, American Art in the Princeton University Art Museum, exh. cat., Princeton University Art Museum, 2004, vol. I, p. 182.
A.D. Breeskin, The Graphic Work of Mary Cassatt, New York, 1948, p. 57 (titled The Green Bonnet).
F.A. Sweet, "The Charles H. and Mary F.S. Worcester Collection" in The Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly, 15 September 1956, vol. L, p. 44 (titled Young Woman Sewing).
Art Institute of Chicago, ed., Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1961, p. 69 (titled Young Woman Sewing).
F.A. Sweet, "Paintings and Pastels by Mary Cassatt" in Museum Studies, 1967, vol. II, p. 41 (illustrated, p. 39, fig. 6; titled Young Woman Sewing).
A.D. Breeskin, Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors and Drawings, Washington, D.C., 1970, p. 93, no. 172 (illustrated).
F. Getlein, Mary Cassatt: Paintings and Prints, New York, 1980, p. 72 (illustrated in color, p. 73; titled Young Woman Sewing).
S.G. Lindsay, Mary Cassatt and Philadelphia, exh. cat., Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1985, p. 68 (titled Young Woman Sewing).
N.M. Matthews, Mary Cassatt, New York, 1987, p. 63 (illustrated in color, p. 65, fig. 56; titled Young Woman Sewing).
Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., ed., American Paintings V, New York, 1988, p. 116 (illustrated in color, p. 117).
Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., ed., American Paintings VII, New York, 1994, p. 146 (illustrated in color, p. 147).
R.S. Johnson, Mary Cassatt: Retrospective Exhibition, exh. cat., R.S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, 1997, p. 68n2 (titled Woman in a Black and Green Bonnet).
J. Wilmerding, American Art in the Princeton University Art Museum, exh. cat., Princeton University Art Museum, 2004, vol. I, p. 182.
Exhibited
(probably) Rome, Pavilion of the United States of America, Roman Art Exposition, 1911, p. 10, no. 12 (titled Young Girl Embroidering).
Paris, Galerie A.-M. Reitlinger, Dessins, pastels, peintures, études par Mary Cassatt, May-June 1931, no. 7 (illustrated; titled La dame au chapeau vert).
Baltimore Museum of Art, Mary Cassatt, November 1941-January 1942, no. 12 (titled Woman in a Green Bonnet).
Albi, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Trésors impressionistes du Musée de Chicago, June-August 1980, p. 69, no. 44 (titled Jeune femme cousant).
Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art; Hiroshima Museum of Art; Osaka, Takashimaya Grand Hall and Hokkaido, Hakodate Museum of Art, Les femmes impressionnistes: Morisot, Cassatt, Gonzalès, March-August 1995, p. 76, no. 44 (illustrated in color).
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Sargent, Chase, Cassatt: Master Paintings from a Private Collection, July-September 2006.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Women Impressionists: Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Eva Gonzalès, Marie Bracquemond, June-September 2008, p. 310 (illustrated in color, p. 133).
Montclair Art Museum, A Shared Love: Treasures of American Painting (1878-1919) from the Carol and Terry Wall Collection, May 2024-February 2025.
Paris, Galerie A.-M. Reitlinger, Dessins, pastels, peintures, études par Mary Cassatt, May-June 1931, no. 7 (illustrated; titled La dame au chapeau vert).
Baltimore Museum of Art, Mary Cassatt, November 1941-January 1942, no. 12 (titled Woman in a Green Bonnet).
Albi, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Trésors impressionistes du Musée de Chicago, June-August 1980, p. 69, no. 44 (titled Jeune femme cousant).
Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art; Hiroshima Museum of Art; Osaka, Takashimaya Grand Hall and Hokkaido, Hakodate Museum of Art, Les femmes impressionnistes: Morisot, Cassatt, Gonzalès, March-August 1995, p. 76, no. 44 (illustrated in color).
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Sargent, Chase, Cassatt: Master Paintings from a Private Collection, July-September 2006.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Women Impressionists: Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Eva Gonzalès, Marie Bracquemond, June-September 2008, p. 310 (illustrated in color, p. 133).
Montclair Art Museum, A Shared Love: Treasures of American Painting (1878-1919) from the Carol and Terry Wall Collection, May 2024-February 2025.
Further Details
This work is included as no. 151 in the Cassatt Committee's revision of Adelyn Dohme Breeskin's catalogue raisonné of the works of Mary Cassatt.
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