Color drypoint on cream wove paper
USA, circa 1902
Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) – American painter and printmaker associated with the Impressionists
‘Margot Wearing a Bonnet (No. 1)’
Breeskin 179
Full margins with deckled edges
Image dimensions: 8 ¾ x 6 ¼ in. (22.2 x 15.9 cm.)
Sheet dimensions: 13 x 10 in. (33 x 25.4 cm.)
Good condition

This is one of the many works of young girls Cassatt executed around the turn of the century. Margot Lux, a child from the village near Cassatt’s country home, was the model, as she was for almost fifty works by the artist. One of the “pretty little girls with a pretty name” is depicted here in bright pastel shades of green, blue and purple.

Executed circa 1902, this color drypoint on cream laid paper has full margins, measuring 9 ¼ x 6 ½ inches. Slight mat burn in margins. Glue residue from previous matting in margins, well away from image. Tape from previous matting upper left and right corners, verso. Otherwise good condition.

Mary Cassatt (American, 1844-1926)

Considered one of the most notable 19th century American painters, Mary Cassatt was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania. She is best known for her paintings depicting women in their public and private realms, and for her later association with the Impressionists. Traveling widely at a young age, Cassatt began studying painting at the age of 15 at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. In 1866, she moved to Paris with her mother and family friends, where she applied to study privately with instructors from the exclusive École des Beaux-Arts. Within just two years, one of Cassatt’s paintings was accepted for display in the highly-selective Paris Salon. In 1877, Edgar Degas invited her to exhibit her paintings with the Impressionists, and they became close friends and colleagues. Cassatt’s works are part of the permanent collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.