id: 121092
accession number: 1941.82
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.82
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Mimi as a Brunette, 1889. Mary Cassatt (American, 1844-1926). Drypoint; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Charles T. Brooks 1941.82
title: Mimi as a Brunette
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creation date: 1889
creation date earliest: 1889
creation date latest: 1889
current location:
creditline: Bequest of Charles T. Brooks
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culture: America, 19th century
technique: drypoint
department: Prints
collection: PR - Drypoint
type: Print
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catalogue raisonne: Breeskin 116
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CREATORS
* Mary Cassatt (American, 1844-1926) - artist
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state of the work: I/I
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
opening date: 1941-06-23T04:00:00
The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
title: The Impressionist Aesthetic
opening date: 1982-08-10T04:00:00
The Impressionist Aesthetic. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 10-October 31, 1982).
title: Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot
opening date: 1993-11-07T04:00:00
Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 7, 1993-January 2, 1994).
title: Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in Nineteenth-Century Paris
opening date: 2012-10-04T00:00:00
Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in Nineteenth-Century Paris. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 14, 2012-January 20, 2013).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Charles T. Brooks, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: ?-1941
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1941-
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fun fact:
The sitter for this print, Mary (Mimi) Johnston, was able to spend extended periods of time in Paris while her husband, Princeton professor William Milligan Sloane, researched and wrote an exhaustive study of Napoleon Bonaparte.
digital description:
In 1888, Mary Cassatt began to experiment with drypoint, a printmaking technique in which an artist draws directly into a copper plate with a needle. This print belongs to a series that she created at this time, each characterized by a sketchiness akin to drawing. It depicts Mary (Mimi) Johnston, Cassatt's second cousin who traveled frequently to Europe and spent long periods of time in Paris. The artist focused most closely on her sitter's face and unfocused gaze, which suggests a sense of introspection.
wall description:
In 1888, with the goal of improving her draftsmanship, Cassatt began experimenting with the rigorous technique of drypoint. The result was a group of prints whose coolness and deliberation was derived from the careful incision of delicate lines into the copperplate. The subject of this spare, elegant portrait is Cassatt's second cousin, Mary (Mimi) Johnston. She and her husband, William Milligan Sloane, a professor of classics at Princeton, frequently traveled to Europe, and spent long periods of time in Paris where Sloan did research for his exhaustive study of Napoleon. The room, a vase of flowers on a table, and even the figure's body are summarily described. All of Cassatt's attention was focused on Mimi's face, her large, dark eyes, and upswept black hair. Her gaze is unfocused, her thoughts apparently elsewhere.
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IMAGES
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print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1941.82/1941.82_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1941.82/1941.82_full.tif