Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2022.

Images(3)

Peasant Mother and Child

Artist Mary Cassatt (American, 1844-1926)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1894

MediumDrypoint and aquatint in colors, on laid Arches paper

DimensionsOverall, Image: 11 3/4 × 9 1/2 in. (29.8 × 24.1 cm)
Overall sheet: 12 1/8 × 17 1/4 in. (30.8 × 43.8 cm)
Overall, Frame: 22 3/4 × 19 7/8 × 1 1/4 in. (57.8 × 50.5 × 3.2 cm)

SignedTenth state of ten, signed in pencil "Mary Cassatt" in lower right just outside the plate mark.

Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds given by the Macon and Joan Brock Collection of American Art

Object number2022.27

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a color print on paper of a child standing in a woman's lap.
Label TextMary Cassatt American, 1844–1926 Gathering Fruit, ca. 1893 Drypoint, soft-ground etching,and aquatint in colors Peasant Mother and Child, ca. 1894 Drypoint and aquatint in colors Mary Cassatt produced her first portfolio of ten color prints, which featured scenes of modern public and domestic life in Paris, in 1890–91. After this initial group, Cassatt produced only eight or so additional color prints, including these two works. Gathering Fruit was based on the central panel of a mural that Cassatt created for the Woman’s Building at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The complex figural arrangement highlights Cassatt’s achievement at balancing pattern, color, and line, as well as her skill in employing a wide variety of printmaking techniques. Peasant Mother and Child is one of the latest color prints that Cassatt created. The work is left unfinished at the bottom, allowing insights into the artist’s working methods. Museum purchase with funds given by the Macon and Joan Brock Collection of American Art 2022.28 and 2022.27 ProvenanceGift from the artist to her second cousin, Mrs. Thomas A. Scott thence by descent to Edgar Scott, her grandson; Property from the Collection of Edgar and Helen Hope Montgomery Scott; Christie's New York, 29 April 1996, lot 84. Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above; Acquired by CMA, Christie's New York, 21 October 2022, lot 173.Exhibition History"Mary Cassatt: New Impressions," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, March 10 - May 21, 2023. "A Shared Vision: The Macon and Joan Brock Collection of American Art," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, December 8, 2023 — March 10, 2024.Published ReferencesA.D. Breeskin, Mary Cassatt. A Catalogue Raisonne of the Graphic Work, Washiington. D.C., 1979, no. 159. N.M. Mathews and B.S. Shapiro, Mary Cassatt, the Color Prints, New York, 1989, no. 17.