MARY CASSATT

Woman Bathing (B. 148; M./S. 10)

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MARY CASSATT
Woman Bathing (B. 148; M./S. 10)
drypoint and aquatint in colors, 1890-1, on laid Arches, a fine impression of this rare print, the colors fresh and with good contrasts, fourth (final) state, inscribed 'Imprimée par l'artiste et M. Leroy', with the artist's blue monogram stamp (L. 604), from the edition of about 25, with full margins, extremely pale mat staining just affecting the border of the image in places, a few tiny tears (one backed) at the margin edges, the palest staining and minor surface soiling in the margins and on the reverse, otherwise in very good condition
P. 14 1/4 x 10 1/2in. (361 x 266mm.)

来源

Gift from the artist to her second cousin, Mrs. Thomas A. Scott
Thence by descent to Edgar Scott, her grandson

拍品专文

This previously unrecorded impression of Woman Bathing adds an additional example to the twenty-three in the final state already located by Mathews and Shapiro. Most impressions are in institutional collections.
In order to enhance the unique qualities of each impression of this image, Cassatt delicately hand-colored details à la poupée just before the copper plates were registered for printing. This technique produced a range of tonalities in the flowered carpet, jug and dressing table-top throughout the edition. Woman Bathing is among the most 'Japanese' subjects in the 1890-1 color set and is the one that Cassatt's friend and mentor, Edgar Degas, most admired. He reportedly once said to her, "This back, did you draw this?" Shortly after seeing Cassatt's print for the first time in 1891 Degas told a friend, "I am hoping to do a suite of lithographs, a first series on nude women at their toilette."