The Mirror, 1891
Mary Cassattexpand_more
Drypointexpand_more
The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916expand_more P.4,959
Not on Viewexpand_more
When artist Edgar Degas died in 1917, more than ninety prints by Mary Cassatt were discovered in his studio. Cassatt relied on her friend Degas for guidance on aquatint and probably called on artist Marcellin Desboutin to help perfect her drypoint technique. Her disciplined touch is evident in The Mirror, which she may have printed on the press in her apartment-studio in Paris. Cassatt exhibited this print and eleven others at the Durand-Ruel gallery in Paris. Critic Edmond de Goncourt was unimpressed. "The admiration expressed in all the papers for Mlle Cassatt's work is enough to make you die of laughter," he wrote.
Details
- Title
- The Mirror
- Artist Life
- 1844–1926
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.4,959
- Catalogue Raisonne
- B.136 vi/vii
- Curator Approved
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