DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Mother Holding Up a Baby Who Pats her Cheek

c. 1897

Artists

Mary CassattArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on ivory wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 28.6 x 23.2 cm (11 1/4 x 9 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Mary Cassatt, sold(?); to [Alfred Beurdeley (Lugt 421)], sold(?); to [Maurice Gobin, Paris]. [Scott & Fowles, New York] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, 1922; bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

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