Mary Cassatt

American, 1844–1926

Before the Fireplace (No. 2), 1882

before the fireplace (no. 2) by mary cassatt

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Medium: Soft-ground and aquatint
Size: 17 x 11 in. (43.2 x 27.9 cm.)
Markings: Initialled "M C" in pencil in the lower margin at left, with pencil initials "JLR" in the edge of the lower margin

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Marc Rosen Fine Art, Ltd.

New York

About this Artwork

Size Notes: Plate: 10 7/8 x 8 1/2 in. Sheet: 17 5/8 x 11 in.
Movement: Modern Art
Catalogue Raisonné: Breeskin 18
Provenance: Mary Cassatt
Ambroise Vollard, Paris (acquired from the artist)
Henri M. Petiet, Paris (acquired from the Vollard estate
Marc Rosen Fine Art, Ltd., New York (acquired from the heirs of H.M. Petiet)

Description

Second state of two, printed in black ink, on medium-weight laid paper with crowned shield watermark and letters MA
The only other known impression of this state is in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. (Only one impression is known of the first state.)