Quietude
Maker
(artist)
1844-1926
1844-1926
Title
Quietude
Date of Production
1891
Medium
Drypoint
Accession Number
G.2023.XX.4
Mode of Acquisition
Richard Mansell-Jones, gift, 2023
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Label Text
Mothers and children, depicted in a matter-of-fact and unsentimental manner unusual for the period, were Mary Cassatt’s favourite subject. A committed and highly experimental printmaker, Cassatt often produced several different states, or versions, of her drypoints.
In this impression of Quietude, Cassatt deliberately left traces of the previous states on the printing plate, here particularly apparent in the woman’s arm and hand and the baby’s legs.
In this impression of Quietude, Cassatt deliberately left traces of the previous states on the printing plate, here particularly apparent in the woman’s arm and hand and the baby’s legs.
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard (1866-1939); H. M. Petiet (1894 - 1980); Ader, Paris 25 May 2023, lot 105 where purchased by the donor; gift of Richard Mansell-Jones, November 2023.
Exhibition History
From the Baroque to Today: New Acquisitions of Works on Paper, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 23/02/2024-27/05/2024
Literature
Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme, Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Graphic Work, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979
cat. no. 139
cat. no. 139
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