id:			121099
accession number:	1941.86.a
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.86.a
updated:		2023-12-04 22:18:06.467000

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, 19th century
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
	<i>Mary Cassatt: The Color Prints</i>. 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
	<i>Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot</i>. 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
	<i>Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. 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 Nineteenth-Century Paris
	opening date:   2012-10-04T00:00:00
	<i>Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in Nineteenth-Century Paris</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 14, 2012-January 20, 2013).

	title:		Mary Cassatt at Work
	opening date:   2024-04-11T04:00:00
	<i>Mary Cassatt at Work</i>. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (organizer) (April 11-August 4, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* The Cleveland Museum of Art (November 1, 1993-January 2, 1994) - Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot, no cat.

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PROVENANCE

	Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris (according to Breeskin 1970, under no. 805); Charles T. Brooks.
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CITATIONS

	Mathews, Nancy Mowll, Mary Cassatt, and Barbara Stern Shapiro.<em> Mary Cassatt: The Color Prints.</em> New York: H.N. Abrams, 1989.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 121, fig. 8-1
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	DeGrazia, Diane and Carter E. Foster. <em>Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> 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 <em>Cassatt - McNicoll: Impressionists Between Worlds, </em>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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