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Mary Cassatt

The Picture Book,

Maker

  • Mary Cassatt

Title

The Picture Book

Medium

drypoint

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • drypoint

Techniques

  • drypoint

Supports

  • medium weight cream wove paper

Dimensions

Plate: 22.1 x 14.9 cm (8 11/16 x 5 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:Signed in pencil on right under platemark:Mary Cassatt; inscribed in pencil in LR:La LectureVerso:inscribed in pencil on left:A93033; on right:FVX; in LR corner:84.198.910; inscribed in brown ink along bottom edge (upside down):(Hebrew?)

Marks: Stamped in black ink in LR on recto:YB inscribed in circle = collector's mark of Alfred Beurdeley (1847-1919)

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of the Fazzano Brothers

Object Number

84.198.910

The Picture Book

Whistler to Weidenaar

American Prints 1870-1950

Original--Recto:Signed in pencil on right under platemark:Mary Cassatt; inscribed in pencil in LR:La LectureVerso:inscribed in pencil on left:A93033; on right:FVX; in LR corner:84.198.910; inscribed in brown ink along bottom edge (upside down):(Hebrew?)

Marks: Stamped in black ink in LR on recto:YB inscribed in circle = collector's mark of Alfred Beurdeley (1847-1919)

Publications

Whistler to Weidenaar

American Prints 1870-1950

Exhibition History

American Prints

March 12 - May 30, 2004

A Private Collection Goes Public

September 18 - November 8, 1987
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