Mother and Child, 1894
Mary Cassattexpand_more
Drypoint and aquatint printed in color, with monotype inking and touches of brushed on colorexpand_more
The Putnam D. McMillan Fundexpand_more 2018.76
Not on Viewexpand_more
The American expatriate Mary Cassatt played a central role in Paris’s progressive art scene, beginning with her appearance in the Impressionist exhibition of 1879. Though she initially scorned printmaking, Cassatt grew to love its rigor and endless possibilities. In color printmaking, she developed a fusion between the abstract graphics of Japanese color prints and the atmospherics of Western art. Looking at Peasant Mother and Child, we hardly notice the complex process that required multi-stage development of three separate copper plates; instead, we marvel at the rich, freely-applied color of this tender scene.
Details
- Title
- Mother and Child
- Artist Life
- 1844–1926
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2018.76
- Provenance
- (Catherine Burns Fine Art, Berkeley, Calif.); sold to MIA, 2018.
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Breeskin 159-v/v; Mathews & Shapiro 17-x/x
- Curator Approved
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