Mother's kiss

Mother's kiss

Item Information

Title:
Mother's kiss
Title (alt.):
The kiss
Artist:
Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926
Name on Item:
Mary Cassatt
Date:
[ca. 1891]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Drypoints
Soft-ground etchings
Portrait prints
Group portraits
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Mary Cassatt (1844-1926). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Children
Mothers
Kissing
Extent:
1 print : drypoint and soft-ground ; plate mark 35 x 23 cm
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Alternative title from item.
Breeskin (prints): B. 149
Additional information accompanying item: No. 7 in a set of 10, printed in an edition of 25 impressions. A signed proof. Paper - laid. Watermark - none.
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Albert H. Wiggin; 1946
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme. "Mary Cassatt : a catalogue raisonné of the graphic work." Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979, Washington.
Notes (object):
Second state of four. Early trial proof.
Second state: Rich drypoint. Pattern on dress differently detailed. No pattern at lower left and less at lower right part of her skirt. No tone on the face and hair of both mother and child. No chair indicated.
Identifier:
18_09_000005
Barcode:
36666000165643