The Lamp
Artist
Mary Cassatt
(American, 1844-1926)
Printer
M. Leroy
(French)
CultureAmerican
Date1890-1891
MediumDrypoint, etching, and aquatint printed in colors, on laid paper
DimensionsOverall, Plate: 12 3/4 × 9 7/8 in. (32.4 × 25.1 cm)
Overall, Support (sheet): 17 × 11 7/8 in. (43.2 × 30.2 cm)
Overall, Frame: 22 × 18 7/8 in. (55.9 × 47.9 cm)
Overall, Support (sheet): 17 × 11 7/8 in. (43.2 × 30.2 cm)
Overall, Frame: 22 × 18 7/8 in. (55.9 × 47.9 cm)
Signedsigned in pencil "Mary Cassatt" in lower right
Inscribedinscribed Imprimée par l'artiste et M. Leroy/(25 épreuves).
(Printed by the artist and M. Leroy 25 proofs)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds given by the Macon and Joan Brock Collection of American Art
Object number2023.12
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a color print on paper of a woman, viewed from behind, seated holding a fan next to a table with a lampCatalogue raisonnéAdelyn Dohme Breeskin, Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Graphic Work, Washington, D.C., 1979, no. 144, p. 141, iProvenanceChristie's New York, to Wolf Family Collection (1995) to Sotheby’s New York to CMA (2023) Exhibition History"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 ReferencesAdelyn Dohme Breeskin, Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Graphic Work, Washington, D.C., 1979, no. 144, p. 141, illustrated in color Nancy Mowll Mathews & Barbara Stern Shapiro, Mary Cassatt: The Color Prints, New York, 1989, no. 6, pp. 111-113, illustrated in color
