
Minneapolis Institute of Art
The Caress
Mary Cassatt
- Date
- c. 1891
- Medium
- Drypoint
- Department
- Arts of the Americas
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Mary Cassatt is famous for her sensitive depictions of women and children and their loving relationships. Well known for her paintings and pastels, she was also a highly accomplished printmaker, executing over 200 prints. An overwhelming number are intimate portrayals of mothers and children. This one, disarming in its simplicity, is among Cassatt’s tenderest. United States, Americas
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