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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Study for the portrait of a child
Details
Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)
Study for the portrait of a child
signed 'Mary Cassatt' (lower right)
pastel, charcoal and pencil on paper
25¼ x 19 1/8in. (64 x 48.5cm.)
Executed circa 1900
Study for the portrait of a child
signed 'Mary Cassatt' (lower right)
pastel, charcoal and pencil on paper
25¼ x 19 1/8in. (64 x 48.5cm.)
Executed circa 1900
Provenance
Paul Rosenberg, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the grandfather of the present owner on 7 May 1928.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Acquired from the above by the grandfather of the present owner on 7 May 1928.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
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