After the Bath

Cleveland Museum of Art

After the Bath

Mary CassattLinkedCulture matchlcp-845bebf7a3bc

From the Cleveland Museum of Art record

Mary Cassatt began using pastel in the 1870s and continued to experiment with the medium throughout her career. This drawing depicts a mother and child, one of the artist's preferred subjects. Cassatt typically used the technique seen here, in which she finished her sitters' faces with a high degree of detail but rendered the rest of the composition in a much looser and sketchier style. Mary Cassatt once commented that pastel was "the most satisfactory medium for [portraying] children," since they could not sit still for long and the medium allowed for rapid sketching.

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Cleveland Museum of Art’s catalogue record

Medium
pastel
Credit Line
Gift of J. H. Wade
Type of artwork
Drawing
Department
Drawings

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creation_date
1901

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A pastel painting depicting three children in a domestic setting.

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Provenance & credit

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Provenance
1901: (Durand-Ruel, Paris, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Jeptha Homer Wade, Cleveland, OH) | 1901-1920: Mr. and Mrs. Jeptha Homer Wade, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH | 1920-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Object ID
101646
Object Type
Drawing
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Type of artwork” · copied as is
Creator
Mary Cassatt
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creators (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field · Artist-role creator's description with life dates removed.
Culture
America, late 18th-19th Century
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Culture” · copied as is
Medium
pastel
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Medium” · copied as is · Cleveland's 'technique' field holds materials.
Department
Drawings
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Department” · copied as is
Tags
  • female
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field tags (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · combined from several museum fields
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field artists_tags (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · combined from several museum fields
Credit Line
Gift of J. H. Wade
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Credit Line” · copied as is
Provenance
1901: (Durand-Ruel, Paris, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Jeptha Homer Wade, Cleveland, OH) | 1901-1920: Mr. and Mrs. Jeptha Homer Wade, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH | 1920-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Provenance” · copied as is
Date
1901
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
Begin Year
1901
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date_earliest (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
End Year
1901
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date_latest (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is

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