Lot Essay
This pastel will be included in the Cassatt Committee's revision of Adelyn Dohme Breeskin's catalogue raisonné of the works of Mary Cassatt.
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THE PROPERTY OF A SWISS COLLECTOR
Mary Cassatt (1845-1926)
Sketch of Mother Jeanne Looking Down at Her Baby
Details
Mary Cassatt (1845-1926)
Sketch of Mother Jeanne Looking Down at Her Baby
signed 'Mary Cassatt' (lower right)
pastel and crayon on paper mounted on board
32 x 25½ in. (81.3 x 64.8 cm.)
Sketch of Mother Jeanne Looking Down at Her Baby
signed 'Mary Cassatt' (lower right)
pastel and crayon on paper mounted on board
32 x 25½ in. (81.3 x 64.8 cm.)
Provenance
Cassatt family collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Annie L. Benjamin, acquired from the above.
Sale: New York, Parke-Bernet, Benjamin Collection Sale, 19 January 1939.
J.J. Puritz, acquired from the above.
Sale: New York, Parke-Bernet, Puritz Collection Sale, 17 January 1945. Private collection.
Annie L. Benjamin, acquired from the above.
Sale: New York, Parke-Bernet, Benjamin Collection Sale, 19 January 1939.
J.J. Puritz, acquired from the above.
Sale: New York, Parke-Bernet, Puritz Collection Sale, 17 January 1945. Private collection.
Exhibited
A.D. Breeskin, Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings, Washington, D.C., 1970, no. 496, p. 186, illustrated