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MARY CASSATT (1844-1926)

Lot 171
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Lot 171 | MARY CASSATT (1844-1926)
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MARY CASSATT (1844-1926)

A Kiss for Baby Ann (No. 3)

signed 'Mary Cassatt' (lower right)

pastel on paper

18 1/4 x 22 in. (46.4 x 55.9 cm.)

Executed in 1897





Provenance

The artist.

Durand-Ruel, Paris, France, 1897.

Durand-Ruel, New York, 1898.

Elizabeth Stewart Hamilton, New York, acquired from the above, 1905.

Hamilton Hadden, nephew of the above, 1935.

Leslie Hadden Kernan, daughter of the above, circa 1950.

Estate of the above.

Sotheby's, New York, 20 May 1998, lot 20, sold by the above.

Acquired by Ann Getty from the above.



Literature

(Possibly) "The Gilder," Town Topics, vol. 50, November 12, 1903, p. 17.

G. Geffroy, "Femmes artistes: Un peintre de l'enfance, Miss Mary Cassatt," Les Modes, vol. 4, February 1904, p. 11, illustrated.

"Philadelphia Art News," American Art News, vol. 3, March 25, 1905, n.p. (as The Caress).

"Fine Exhibition Opened at Art Club: Private View Reveals Display Especially Strong in Pastels and Generally Excellent," Philadelphia Inquirer, March 19, 1905, p. 6 (as The Caress).

"The Latest News in Art Circles," Philadelphia Inquirer, March 19, 1905, p. 9, illustrated (as The Caress).

L. Merrick, "The Art of Mary Cassatt: Talent, Intelligence, Industry, and Poetic Feeling Have Placed an American Girl in the Front Rank," Delineator, vol. 74, August 2, 1909, p. 121 (as The Kiss).

G. Teall, "Mother and Child: The Theme as Developed in the Art of Mary Cassatt," Good Housekeeping, vol. 50, February 1910, p. 144, illustrated (as Mother's Kiss).

É. Valerio, Mary Cassatt, Paris, France, 1930, pl. 10, illustrated (as Le Baiser).

M. Garland, The Changing Face of Childhood, London, England, 1963, p. 33, illustrated (as Mother and Child).

M. Shulze, "Modern Madonna Painter," Hartford Courant, July 24, 1966, p. 13F, illustrated (as Mother and Child).

A.D. Breeskin, Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings, Washington, D.C., 1970, p. 125, no. 268, illustrated.

S.G. Lindsay, Mary Cassatt and Philadelphia, exhibition catalogue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1985, p. 91 (as The Caress or A Kiss for Baby Anne, No. 3).

A.E. Berman, "Auction Reviews: American Paintings," Art & Auction, vol. 21, September 20, 1998, p. 55 (as A Kiss for Baby Anne).

K. Sharp, Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman, exhibition catalogue, Chicago, Illinois, 1998, p. 358.



Exhibited

Boston, Massachusetts, St. Botolph Club, An Exhibition of Paintings, Pastels and Etchings, March 21-April 8, 1898, no. 2.

New York, Durand-Ruel, Exhibition of Paintings and Pastels by Mary Cassatt, November 5-21, 1903, no. 20.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Art Club of Philadelphia, Fourteenth Annual Exhibition of Water Colors and Pastels, March 20-April 16, 1905, no. 179, illustrated (as The Caress).

Northampton, Massachusetts, Smith College Museum of Art, 1928, no. 1.

San Francisco, California, Palace of the Legion of Honor, Women Impressionists: Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Eva Gonzales, Marie Braquemond, June 19-September 21, 2008, pp. 172, 310, illustrated.



Post lot text

This work is included as no. 247 in the Cassatt Committee's revision of Adelyn Dohme Breeskin's catalogue raisonné of the works of Mary Cassatt.
Artist:Mary Cassatt (1844 - 1926)
Applied technique:Painted, Pastel
Art style:Impressionism
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