Mary Cassatt

American, 1844–1926

The Mandolin Player [The Mandoline], 1889–1890

the mandolin player [the mandoline] by mary cassatt

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Medium: Drypoint
Size: 17.5 x 11.25 in. (44.4 x 28.6 cm.)

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Marc Rosen Fine Art, Ltd.

New York

About this Artwork

Size Notes: Plate: 9 3/8 x 6 1/4 in. Sheet: 17 5/8 x 11 1/8 in.
Movement: Modern Art
Catalogue Raisonné: Breeskin 130
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)
Exhibitions: Mary Cassatt, Prints and Drawings from the Collection of Ambroise Vollard: Adelson Galleries, April 25-June 6, 2008, no. 50 (illustrated)
Literature: Breeskin, Adelyn D. The Graphic Work of Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné. New York: H. Bittner , 1948; 2nd ed., Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979.

Description

Drypoint, fifth state (of seven), printed in black ink, with burr and plate tone, on buff, laid paper with VAN GELDER watermark
One of only a few recorded impressions of this state