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Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Paintings Gallery
Edgar DegasLinkedCulture matchlcp-bf4856169bdb
- Date
- 1885
- Medium
- Pastel, over etching, aquatint, drypoint, and crayon électrique on tan wove paper
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 111902
Edgar Degas enjoyed a close friendship with fellow Impressionist Mary Cassatt. To produce this work, he first made an etching of his friend and her sister, Lydia, then covered the sheet with pastel. Degas depicted Mary with her back to the viewer, balancing in a confident pose; her rigid right arm and umbrella move diagonally across the bottom half of the sheet. This air of assurance contrasts with the attitude of Lydia, who is seated and looks up timidly at the art from a guidebook.
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- Credit line
- Bequest of Kate L. Brewster
- Provenance
- Sold by Ivan Stchoukine (1869-1908), Moscow, to Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, Dec. 28, 1900 [Letter from Durand-Ruel dated May 10, 1983 curatorial file]; sold to Walter S. (1872-1954) and Kate L. (c. 1879-1947) Brewster, Lake Forest, Ill., Apr. 24, 1926 [invoice in curatorial file]; bequeathed by Kate L. Brewster to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1949.
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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