Mary Cassatt
Portrait of a Woman in a Dark Dress, 1879
Pastel
25 ½” x 20”
Estate stamp lower left; Mary Cassatt, Mathilde X
This painting is actually a portrait of the artist’s sister Lydia. She is depicted in half length view, seated in large upholstered arm chair by a window.
This painting is actually a portrait of the artist’s sister Lydia. She is depicted in half length view, seated in large upholstered arm chair by a window.
Provenance
From the artiet to Mathilde Vallet, 1927
Mathilde X sale, Paris 1931
Durand-Ruel, Paris 1966
Private collection, Dallas, TX
Hammer Galleries, NY
Exhibitions
Gallerie A.M. Reitlinger, Paris, 1931 (cat. 18)Hammer Galleries, “European & American Collection”
January-February 1986
(Reproduced)
Literature
Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, Mary Cassat, A Catalogue Raisonne of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors and Drawings, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. 1970, p. 48, no. 58 (illustrated)Join our mailing list
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