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1879–80
(French, 1834–1917)
Support
Cream (3) laid paper
Measurements
Platemark: 26.7 x 23.2 cm (10 1/2 x 9 1/8 in.)
Catalogue raisonné
Reed & Shapiro 51
State
VI/IX (only known impression of this state)
Impression
unique
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view

Description

This print is one of two in which Edgar Degas depicted Mary Cassatt and her sister Lydia at the Musée du Louvre. In this iteration of the subject, Casatt gazes intently at an Etruscan tomb, about 500 BC, excavated at Cerveteri, the largest ancient necropolis in the Mediterranean. Cassatt is viewed from behind while the enigmatically smiling couple, lying on top of a sarcophagus and enclosed in a glass case, face the viewer. Cassatt confronts the sculpture directly while Lydia reads about it in a guidebook.
A vertically oriented print in dark ink depicts two women in a museum gallery from the perspective of looking around the edge of a wall. One stands, viewed from behind, wearing a dark coat and hat, leaning on a closed umbrella while looking into a case with reclining statues. Seated to her left, a woman in a hat and coat holds a book in front of her face. Grainy textures define the space.

Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Etruscan Gallery

1879–80

Edgar Degas

(French, 1834–1917)
France, 19th century

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