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Margot Wearing a Bonnet No. 1 Original Etching by Mary Cassatt |
Framed and Matted Margot Wearing a Bonnet Original Etching by Mary Cassatt |
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Original drypoint etching with hand-applied watercolor by Mary Cassatt on white laid paper. Titled Margot Wearing a Bonnet No. 1. A fine impression of Breeskin’s only state. Printed from Mary Cassatt’s ca. 1902 plate. Presumed posthumous impression. An intimate scene capturing Margot Lefebvre, who was a common subject of Cassatt’s at the time, often with her mother Reine Lefebvre. Catalog raisonne reference: Breeskin, 179. (Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Graphic Work, 179 on pages 69 and 164.)
– Artist: Mary Stevenson Cassatt (American, 1844-1926)
– Title: Looking Into the Hand Mirror #2
– Date: original plate ca. 1902
– Image size: 9-3/16 inches H x 6-1/2 inches W (23.3 cm H x 16.5 cm W)
– Sheet Size: 13-5/8 inches H x 10-1/8 inches W (34.6 cm x 25.7 cm)
– Frame size: 20-1/2 inches H x 17-1/4 inches W (52.1 cm x 43.8 cm)
Framed in gold French style molding and finished with tan linen matting and black inner matte. Covered with a UV-resistant acrylic cover.