En Déshabillé (also called, Italian Girl)
Drypoint, circa 1889, Breeskin 95, edition unknown. 7 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. Signed and numbered (No. 1) in pencil. This is a superb impression, rich with burr. The paper is a textured, white laid without a watermark. The margins are full and the condition is quite good apart from a little toning in the top part of the sheet and a couple of faint handling creases showing in the background. This lovely work is from the collection of Robert Hartshorne, New York, (Lugt 2215b.) His collector's stamp is on the verso in two places, one showing slightly though on the bevel below the image and above Cassatt's signature. This subject was one of more than sixty prints included in the important retrospective of her work held at Durand-Ruel in Paris, 1893.
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Mrs. Gardner Cassatt and her Baby Seated near a Window
Drypoint, circa 1887, Breeskin 112; from a very small edition. 8 3/8 x 5 1/2 in. Signed in pencil lower right. This is a superb, early impression with full margins. The paper is a light cream laid without a watermark. The condition is fine. This finely detailed work is exceptionally rare. The subject of this portrait was Eugenia Carter Cassatt who married the artist's younger brother, Joseph Gardner Cassatt, in 1882. Here she is depicted with her young son, Gardner, born in 1886. The young family visited Mary in Paris where this portrait was done. We've located two impressions in museum collections; the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Library of Congress. Provenance: Kennedy Galleries, NY, and a private Washington, DC collection.
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