May 6, 2014 11:00 EST
Impressionist & Modern Art
92
Mary Stevenson Cassatt
Mary Stevenson Cassatt
American, 1844-1926
Study for Mother and Child in a Boat (Femme et Enfant; Mother and Child), circa 1906-07
Inscribed Mary Cassatt (lr); numbered in graphite pencil 3847 - tss on the reverse
Watercolor on paper
17 3/8 x 13 7/8 inches
Provenance:
Durand-Ruel, New York, 1915 (NY stock #3847, NY Photo #1299)
Private collection
Sale: Christie's New York, May 26, 1988, lot 235, illus., as Mother and Child
Private collection, Santa Barbara, CA
Thence by descent in the family to the present owner
Exhibited:
New York, 1915 Durand-Ruel, no. 15, as Femme et enfant
1923b Durand-Ruel, New York, no. 71, as Femme et enfant
Atlanta, GA, High Museum of Art, Mary Cassatt: Art in the Making, Dec. 14, 1993-Mar. 27, 1994
Literature:
Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970), p. 232, illus, no. 664
This work will be included in the Cassatt Committee's revision of Adelyn Dohme Breeskin's catalogue raisonne of the works of Mary Cassatt. It is one of several preparatory studies in various media for Mother and Child in a Boat, 1908, oil on canvas, Collection Addison Gallery of American Art: Gift of Anonymous Donor (Br. 664). A related study in oil, Mother and Child in a Boat, oil on canvas, is included in the permanent collection of the High Museum of Art, 76.22 (Br. 519); and Head of a Little Girl: Study for Mother and Child in a Boat, circa 1908, watercolor on paper, 17 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches, is owned by the San Diego Museum of Art: Bequest of Mrs. Henry A. Everett (Br. 663). This was the only privately owned watercolor included in the group of works exhibited at the High Museum of Art, in 1993-94.
Sold for $25,000
Estimated at $30,000 - $50,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
Mary Stevenson Cassatt
American, 1844-1926
Study for Mother and Child in a Boat (Femme et Enfant; Mother and Child), circa 1906-07
Inscribed Mary Cassatt (lr); numbered in graphite pencil 3847 - tss on the reverse
Watercolor on paper
17 3/8 x 13 7/8 inches
Provenance:
Durand-Ruel, New York, 1915 (NY stock #3847, NY Photo #1299)
Private collection
Sale: Christie's New York, May 26, 1988, lot 235, illus., as Mother and Child
Private collection, Santa Barbara, CA
Thence by descent in the family to the present owner
Exhibited:
New York, 1915 Durand-Ruel, no. 15, as Femme et enfant
1923b Durand-Ruel, New York, no. 71, as Femme et enfant
Atlanta, GA, High Museum of Art, Mary Cassatt: Art in the Making, Dec. 14, 1993-Mar. 27, 1994
Literature:
Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970), p. 232, illus, no. 664
This work will be included in the Cassatt Committee's revision of Adelyn Dohme Breeskin's catalogue raisonne of the works of Mary Cassatt. It is one of several preparatory studies in various media for Mother and Child in a Boat, 1908, oil on canvas, Collection Addison Gallery of American Art: Gift of Anonymous Donor (Br. 664). A related study in oil, Mother and Child in a Boat, oil on canvas, is included in the permanent collection of the High Museum of Art, 76.22 (Br. 519); and Head of a Little Girl: Study for Mother and Child in a Boat, circa 1908, watercolor on paper, 17 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches, is owned by the San Diego Museum of Art: Bequest of Mrs. Henry A. Everett (Br. 663). This was the only privately owned watercolor included in the group of works exhibited at the High Museum of Art, in 1993-94.
Light toning along edges. Irregular area of loss, 3/4 x 1/16 inches deep at extreme right edge, center. Hinged at top. Work is not laid down.
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Auction: Impressionist & Modern Art, May 6, 2014
