Peasant Mother and Child (B. 159; M./S. 17)

細節

MARY CASSATT
Peasant Mother and Child (B. 159; M./S. 17)
drypoint and aquatint in colors, circa 1894, on laid Arches, a fine impression, the colors particularly vibrant, tenth (final) state, signed in pencil, with the artist's blue monogram stamp (L. 604), from the proposed edition of about 50, with full margins, the unevenly inked areas of the mother's skirt possibly touched with pastel in several places, two tiny tears in the deckle at the bottom margin edge, scattered extremely pale foxing showing mostly in the bottom margin and on the reverse, otherwise in very good condition
P. 11 3/4 x 9 1/2in. (298 x 241mm.)

來源

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

拍品專文

Cassatt varied her inking of the mother's skirt throughout this edition. Some impressions, as here, show an uneven coloration reminiscent of monotype, whereas in others the skirt is colored more uniformly and extends to the bottom of the plate. Mathews and Shapiro located only seven impressions in the final state.