Lot 95
  • 95

Mary Cassatt

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Mary Cassatt
  • Study of Mother Jeanne's Head, Looking Down
  • oil on canvas laid down on board
  • 15 1/2 by 12 1/2 inches
  • (39.4 by 31.8 cm)
  • Painted circa 1907-8.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Mathilde Valet, Chateau de Beaufresne, France (sold: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, "Collection de Mlle X", March 30, 1927, lot 47, as Tete de jeune femme)
Durand-Ruel, New York (through Durand-Ruel, Paris), until at least 1953
Sheryl M. Fuchsman, Forest Hills, New York, by 1966

Exhibited

London, Marlborough Fine Art, Mary Cassatt, 1953, no. 7

Literature

Cassatt Committee, Mary Cassatt: A New Catalogue Raisonné, www.marycassatt.com, no. 504, illustrated

Condition

Oil on canvas, laid down on board. Surface: In good condition; colors are bright and fresh; scattered frame abrasion under frame; thinly painted. UNDER UV: Two small dots of inpainting at center right.
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