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accession number: 1941.86.a
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The Letter (recto), 1890–1891. Mary Cassatt (American, 1844–1926). Black crayon and graphite; sheet: 34.6 x 23 cm (13 5/8 x 9 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Charles T. Brooks 1941.86.a
title: The Letter (recto)
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creation date: 1890–1891
creation date earliest: 1890
creation date latest: 1891
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creditline: Bequest of Charles T. Brooks
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culture: America
technique: black crayon and graphite
department: Drawings
collection: DR - American 19th Century
type: Drawing
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CREATORS
* Mary Cassatt (American, 1844–1926) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 34.6 x 23 cm (13 5/8 x 9 1/16 in.)
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description: beige(1) wove paper
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inscription: signed lower right, in graphite: Mary Cassatt; lower left in graphite: 4423-oss; verso, lower right, in graphite: 136
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Mary Cassatt: The Color Prints
opening date: 1989-06-18T04:00:00
Mary Cassatt: The Color Prints. National Gallery of Art, Landover, MD (organizer) (June 18-August 27, 1989); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (September 8-November 5, 1989); Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA (November 25, 1989-January 21, 1990).
title: Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot
opening date: 1993-11-07T05:00:00
Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 7, 1993-January 2, 1994).
title: Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2000-08-27T00:00:00
Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 17, 2000); The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY (May 23-August 19, 2001); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (October 14, 2001-January 6, 2002).
title: Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in 19th-Century Paris
opening date: 2012-10-04T00:00:00
Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in 19th-Century Paris. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 14, 2012-January 20, 2013).
title: Mary Cassatt at Work
opening date: 2024-05-18T04:00:00
Mary Cassatt at Work. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (organizer) (May 18-September 8, 2024) https://www.philamuseum.org/calendar/exhibition/mary-cassatt-at-work.
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (November 1, 1993-January 2, 1994) - Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot, no cat.', 'opening_date': '1993-11-01T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris (according to Breeskin 1970, under no. 805); Charles T. Brooks.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Mathews, Nancy Mowll, Mary Cassatt, and Barbara Stern Shapiro. Mary Cassatt: The Color Prints. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1989.
page number: Reproduced: p. 121, fig. 8-1
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DeGrazia, Diane and Carter E. Foster. Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 2000.
page number: Mentioned: P. 214-215, 295-296; Reproduced: P. 215, cat. no. 89
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Nash, Julie. "Paper Trail: Navigating NcNicoll's Sketchbooks." In Cassatt - McNicoll: Impressionists Between Worlds, Caroline Shields, ed.,117-137. Toronto, Ontario: Art Gallery of Ontario; Fredericton, New Brunswick: Goose Lane Editions, 2023.
page number: Reproduced: P. 132
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Thompson, Jennifer A., and Laurel Garber. Mary Cassatt at Work. Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2024.
page number: Reproduced: p. 138, fig. 76a
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