MARY CASSATT (1844-1926)
Sketch of 'Sara in a Green Bonnet'
Details
MARY CASSATT (1844-1926)
Sketch of 'Sara in a Green Bonnet'
signed 'Mary Cassatt' (lower right)
pastel on canvasboard
25 ¹/₄ x 13 ¹/₂ in. (64.1 x 34.3 cm.)
Executed circa 1901.
Sketch of 'Sara in a Green Bonnet'
signed 'Mary Cassatt' (lower right)
pastel on canvasboard
25 ¹/₄ x 13 ¹/₂ in. (64.1 x 34.3 cm.)
Executed circa 1901.
Provenance
The artist.
Payson T. Thompson.
Albert E. McVitty, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 15 December 1949, lot 47, sold by the above.
Irene Mayer Selznick, New York, acquired from the above.
Estate of the above.
Sotheby's, New York, 7 May 1991, lot 12, sold by the above.
(Probably) Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Payson T. Thompson.
Albert E. McVitty, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 15 December 1949, lot 47, sold by the above.
Irene Mayer Selznick, New York, acquired from the above.
Estate of the above.
Sotheby's, New York, 7 May 1991, lot 12, sold by the above.
(Probably) Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
“The Graphic Art of Mart Cassatt in Varied Media at Baltimore Museum,” ArtNews vol. XXXIV, January 25, 1936, p. 12 (as Little Girl in Green Bonnet).
W.E. Baum, “Mary Cassatt Becomes a Philadelphia Tradition,” Philadelphia Sunday Bulletin, February 8, 1942, n.p.
A.D. Breeskin, Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings, Washington, D.C., 1970, p. 150, no. 350, illustrated.
W.E. Baum, “Mary Cassatt Becomes a Philadelphia Tradition,” Philadelphia Sunday Bulletin, February 8, 1942, n.p.
A.D. Breeskin, Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings, Washington, D.C., 1970, p. 150, no. 350, illustrated.
Exhibition
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Institute, A Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mary Cassatt, March 15-April 15, 1928, no. 10 (as Head of a Child).
Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore Museum of Art, Mary Cassatt, January 7-February 10, 1936, no. 2 (as Little Girl in a Green Bonnet).
Haverford, Pennsylvania, Haverford College, Mary Cassatt, May 13-June 10, 1939, n.p., no. 27 (as Little Girl in Green Bonnet).
Trenton, New Jersey, New Jersey State Museum, Mary Cassatt, November 19-December 27, 1939, no. 10 (as Head of Girl in Green Hat).
Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore Museum of Art, Mary Cassatt, November 28, 1941-January 11, 1942, no. 44, illustrated (as Little Girl in a Green Bonnet).
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Print Club, February 3-24, 1942.
New York, Wildenstein & Co., Inc., A Loan Exhibition of Mary Cassatt, October 29-December 6, 1947, no. 42 (as Little Girl in a Green Bonnet).
Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore Museum of Art, Mary Cassatt, January 7-February 10, 1936, no. 2 (as Little Girl in a Green Bonnet).
Haverford, Pennsylvania, Haverford College, Mary Cassatt, May 13-June 10, 1939, n.p., no. 27 (as Little Girl in Green Bonnet).
Trenton, New Jersey, New Jersey State Museum, Mary Cassatt, November 19-December 27, 1939, no. 10 (as Head of Girl in Green Hat).
Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore Museum of Art, Mary Cassatt, November 28, 1941-January 11, 1942, no. 44, illustrated (as Little Girl in a Green Bonnet).
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Print Club, February 3-24, 1942.
New York, Wildenstein & Co., Inc., A Loan Exhibition of Mary Cassatt, October 29-December 6, 1947, no. 42 (as Little Girl in a Green Bonnet).
Further details
This work is included as no. 352 in the Cassatt Committee's revision of Adelyn Dohme Breeskin's catalogue raisonné of the works of Mary Cassatt.
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