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The Letter

1890/1891
Color drypoint and aquatint, from three plates, on off-white laid paper
345 x 211 mm (image/plate); 437 x 297 mm (sheet)

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, IL

notes
Mary Cassatt began a series of color prints in 1890 that exemplify her indebtedness to Japanese color woodblock prints and her thematic focus on figures in interiors. In The Letter Cassatt, used the patterns of the woman's dress and wallpaper as well as vibrant printing inks to manipulate space and formal elements inspired by Japanese art. The...
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Young Mother

1888
Pastel on blue-gray woven paper (faded to tan), mounted on canvas, on a strainer
840 x 738 mm

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, IL

notes
Ownership History: From the artist to Durand-Ruel, Paris [Chicago 1998]; sold to Mrs. Potter Palmer (nee Bertha Honore; 1850-1918), Chicago, April 29, 1892 [Chicago 1998]; given to the Art Institute, 1922.
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Women Admiring a Child

1897
Pastel
26 x 32 in. (66.0 x 81.3 cm) Framed: 31 7/8 x 38 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.

Detroit Institute of Arts

Detroit, MI

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Alexander J. Cassatt

c. 1880
oil on canvas
25 3/4 x 36 3/8 in. (65.4 x 92.4 cm) Framed: 35 1/8 x 45 3/4 x 2 1/4 in.

Detroit Institute of Arts

Detroit, MI

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In the Garden

1903/1904
oil on canvas
26 3/4 x 32 1/2 in. (68 x 82.6 cm) Framed: 35 3/4 x 41 7/8 x 3 in. (90.8 x 106.7 x 7.6 cm)

Detroit Institute of Arts

Detroit, MI

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Baby Charles

1900
Pastel on paper mounted on paper
12 5/8 x 9 5/8 in. (31.9 x 24.3 cm)

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution

Washington, D.C.

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Woman in Raspberry Costume Holding a Dog

CA. 1901
Pastel on paper
28 7/8 X 23 1/2 IN. (72.7 X 59.6 CM.)

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution

Washington, D.C.

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Young Girl Reading (Jeune Fille Lisant)

CA. 1894
Pastel on paper
21 7/16 X 17 7/8 IN. IRREG. (54.5 X 45.5 CM.)

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution

Washington, D.C.

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Young Girl in Blue (La Petite Fille En Bleu)

Watercolor and pencil on paper
18 15/16 X 13 15/16 IN. (48.1 X 35.4 CM.)

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution

Washington, D.C.

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Sara in a Green Bonnet

ca. 1901
oil on canvas
16 1/2 x 13 5/8 in. (42.0 x 34.5 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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