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MARY CASSATT GRAPHITE DRAWING, MOTHER & CHILD
Estimate:
$1,000 - $2,000
Sold
$8,500
Live Auction
Session 1: Autumn Fine Estates & Collections
Description
Mary Stevenson Cassatt (American, 1844-1926), Untitled - Mother Pulling on Baby's Stockings, graphite pencil and chalk on watermarked wove paper (indistinguishable watermark, made in USA), signed 'Mary Cassatt' LR, with notation verso: "Mother & Child, 1890, Pencil Drawing". Framed.
Note: another angle of this figural study is presented at the RISD Museum, object number 21.132.
Provenance: From a New York City Estate.
Approximate dimensions: image h. 13.25", w. 10.125"; frame h. 19.25", w. 16.25", d. 2.75".
Note: another angle of this figural study is presented at the RISD Museum, object number 21.132.
Provenance: From a New York City Estate.
Approximate dimensions: image h. 13.25", w. 10.125"; frame h. 19.25", w. 16.25", d. 2.75".
Condition
sheet has been trimmed. Toning overall to sheet. some light smudging to charcoal, likely as fixative was brushed over the surface. Pea sized dark spot below figures. Edges of sheet with scattered small chips - not distracting. Rippling to sheet.