Sale 12206
New York
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1 - 2 November 2016
Price realised
USD 50,000
Estimate
MARY CASSATT (1844-1926) Maternal Caress drypoint with etching and aquatint in colors, inked à la poupée, circa 1891, on laid paper, a fine impression of Breeskin's third (final) state, Shapiro's sixth (final) state, annotated 'Imprimée par l'artiste et M. Leroy' in pencil, with the artist's blue monogram stamp (L. 604), from the edition of 25, with margins, a small loss at the upper and lower sheet edges (made-up at the upper sheet edge), otherwise in good condition, framed Image: 14 ½ x 10 ½ in. (368 x 267 mm.) Sheet: 17 ¼ x 11 ¾ in. (438 x 299 mm.)
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Literature
Breeskin 150; Matthews and Shapiro 12
From woodcuts to lithographs and originals vs editions. Illustrated with works offered at Christie’s in September
Accessibly priced works by Yayoi Kusama, Helen Frankenthaler, Jean Dubuffet, Wolfgang Tillmans and Lucio Fontana, offered in our First Open Online sale
From Dalí to Magritte and Miró to Picasso, 7 pieces offered in our New York sales on 1-2 November
Christie’s specialists discuss Haring, Banksy and Stik, and how to bring the street into the home
Offered on 6 December in London, Anthony van Dyck’s Portrait of Princess Mary, Daughter of King Charles I of England