Mary Stevenson Cassatt American, 1844-1926 Study for Mother and Child in a Boat (Femme et Enfant; Mother and Child), circa 1906-07 Inscribed Mary Cassatt (lr); numbered in graphite pencil 3847 - tss on the reverse Watercolor on paper 17 3/8 x 13 7/8 inches Provenance: Durand-Ruel, New York, 1915 (NY stock #3847, NY Photo #1299) Private collection Sale: Christie's New York, May 26, 1988, , illus., as Mother and Child Private collection, Santa Barbara, CA Thence by descent in the family to the present owner Exhibited: New York, 1915 Durand-Ruel, no. 15, as Femme et enfant 1923b Durand-Ruel, New York, no. 71, as Femme et enfant Atlanta, GA, High Museum of Art, Mary Cassatt Art in the Making, Dec. 14, 1993-Mar. 27, 1994 Literature: Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, Mary Cassatt A Catalogue Raisonne of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970), p. 232, illus, no. 664 This work will be included in the Cassatt Committee's revision of Adelyn Dohme Breeskin's catalogue raisonne of the works of Mary Cassatt It is one of several preparatory studies in various media for Mother and Child in a Boat, 1908, oil on canvas, Collection Addison Gallery of American Art: Gift of Anonymous Donor (Br. 664). A related study in oil, Mother and Child in a Boat, oil on canvas, is included in the permanent collection of the High Museum of Art, 76.22 (Br. 519); and Head of a Little Girl: Study for Mother and Child in a Boat, circa 1908, watercolor on paper, 17 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches, is owned by the San Diego Museum of Art: Bequest of Mrs. Henry A. Everett (Br. 663). This was the only privately owned watercolor included in the group of works exhibited at the High Museum of Art, in 1993-94. C Property of the Barnard Estate
Light toning along edges. Irregular area of loss, 3/4 x 1/16 inches deep at extreme right edge, center. Hinged at top. Work is not laid down.
Mary Stevenson Cassatt American, 1844-1926 Study for Mother and Child in a Boat (Femme et Enfant; Mother and Child), circa 1906-07 Inscribed Mary Cassatt (lr); numbered in graphite pencil 3847 - tss on the reverse Watercolor on paper 17 3/8 x 13 7/8 inches Provenance: Durand-Ruel, New York, 1915 (NY stock #3847, NY Photo #1299) Private collection Sale: Christie's New York, May 26, 1988, , illus., as Mother and Child Private collection, Santa Barbara, CA Thence by descent in the family to the present owner Exhibited: New York, 1915 Durand-Ruel, no. 15, as Femme et enfant 1923b Durand-Ruel, New York, no. 71, as Femme et enfant Atlanta, GA, High Museum of Art, Mary Cassatt Art in the Making, Dec. 14, 1993-Mar. 27, 1994 Literature: Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, Mary Cassatt A Catalogue Raisonne of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970), p. 232, illus, no. 664 This work will be included in the Cassatt Committee's revision of Adelyn Dohme Breeskin's catalogue raisonne of the works of Mary Cassatt It is one of several preparatory studies in various media for Mother and Child in a Boat, 1908, oil on canvas, Collection Addison Gallery of American Art: Gift of Anonymous Donor (Br. 664). A related study in oil, Mother and Child in a Boat, oil on canvas, is included in the permanent collection of the High Museum of Art, 76.22 (Br. 519); and Head of a Little Girl: Study for Mother and Child in a Boat, circa 1908, watercolor on paper, 17 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches, is owned by the San Diego Museum of Art: Bequest of Mrs. Henry A. Everett (Br. 663). This was the only privately owned watercolor included in the group of works exhibited at the High Museum of Art, in 1993-94. C Property of the Barnard Estate
Light toning along edges. Irregular area of loss, 3/4 x 1/16 inches deep at extreme right edge, center. Hinged at top. Work is not laid down.
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