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    Sale 12206

    Prints & Multiples featuring The Gilbert E. Kaplan Collection of Surrealist Prints

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    1 - 2 November 2016

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    • MARY CASSATT (1844-1926)
    Lot 240

    MARY CASSATT (1844-1926)

    Maternal Caress

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    USD 50,000

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    USD 60,000 - USD 80,000

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    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 and exhibited

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    Breeskin 150; Matthews and Shapiro 12


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