id:			154218
accession number:	1988.36
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1988.36
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:03.712000

Knitting in the Library, c. 1881. Mary Cassatt (American, 1844–1926). Softground etching and aquatint; platemark: 27.8 x 21.7 cm (10 15/16 x 8 9/16 in.); sheet: 36.5 x 27.8 cm (14 3/8 x 10 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1988.36

title:				Knitting in the Library
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creation date:			c. 1881
creation date earliest:		1876
creation date latest:		1886
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creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture:	America, 19th century
technique:	softground etching and aquatint
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Breeskin 30

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CREATORS

* Mary Cassatt (American, 1844–1926)  - artist

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measurements: Platemark: 27.8 x 21.7 cm (10 15/16 x 8 9/16 in.); Sheet: 36.5 x 27.8 cm (14 3/8 x 10 15/16 in.)
state of the work:	II/III
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed in pencil at lower right: Mary Cassatt
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	inscription:	inscribed in pencil at lower left: épr. d'essai
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1988
	opening date:   1989-03-01T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1988</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 14, 1989).

	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:		L'Impressionnisme vu d'Amérique
	opening date:   2007-06-09T00:00:00
	<i>L'Impressionnisme vu d'Amérique</i>. Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France (organizer) (June 9-September 9, 2007); Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France (October 6, 2007-January 20, 2008).

	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:		Innovative Impressions: Cassatt, Degas, and Pissarro as Painter-Printmakers
	opening date:   2018-06-09T04:00:00
	<i>Innovative Impressions: Cassatt, Degas, and Pissarro as Painter-Printmakers</i>. Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK (organizer) (June 9-September 9, 2018).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(David Tunick, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
	date: ?-1988
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1988-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lees, Sarah, and Richard R. Brettell. <em>Innovative Impressions: Prints by Cassatt, Degas, and Pissarro</em>. Tulsa, Oklahoma : Philbrook Museum of Art, 2018
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 44; reproduced: p. 45, fig. 44
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	Georgopulos, Nicole. ""Please Don't Let Your Ambition Sleep": Cassatt's Professionalism". In <em>Cassatt - McNicoll: Impressionists Between Worlds, </em>Caroline Shields, ed., 49-82. Toronto, Ontario: Art Gallery of Ontario; Fredericton, New Brunswick: Goose Lane Editions, 2023.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 74-75, 76-77
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