Apr 28, 2010 10:00 EST
Books, Photographs & Prints
401
Mary Stevenson Cassatt
Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)
THE LETTER (BREESKIN 146; MATHEWS/SHAPIRO 8)
Color drypoint, soft-ground etching and aquatint, 1890-91, signed in pencil, on heavy wove paper, fouth state of four, lightstain, pale matstain, scattered small foxing spots, some soiling and printer's ink in the margins and verso, a few small spots of other discoloration in the left margin, an approximately 3/8 inch tear at top right sheet edge, a 1 inch repaired tear at bottom right sheet edge, otherwise in good condition, with full margins, framed.
13 5/8 x 8 7/8 inches; 346 x 225 mm.
Sheet 18 7/8 x 12 1/4 inches; 479 x 311 mm.
Provenance:
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wood Bliss, at Dumbarton Oaks
Collection of Harvard University
R. M. Light & Co., Inc.
Frances L. Brody
bequest to the present owner
Sold for $209,000
Estimated at $150,000 - $250,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)
THE LETTER (BREESKIN 146; MATHEWS/SHAPIRO 8)
Color drypoint, soft-ground etching and aquatint, 1890-91, signed in pencil, on heavy wove paper, fouth state of four, lightstain, pale matstain, scattered small foxing spots, some soiling and printer's ink in the margins and verso, a few small spots of other discoloration in the left margin, an approximately 3/8 inch tear at top right sheet edge, a 1 inch repaired tear at bottom right sheet edge, otherwise in good condition, with full margins, framed.
13 5/8 x 8 7/8 inches; 346 x 225 mm.
Sheet 18 7/8 x 12 1/4 inches; 479 x 311 mm.
Provenance:
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wood Bliss, at Dumbarton Oaks
Collection of Harvard University
R. M. Light & Co., Inc.
Frances L. Brody
bequest to the present owner
Auction: Books, Photographs & Prints, Apr 28, 2010
