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The Bath

1890-1891

Mary Cassatt

(American, 1844-1926)

America, 19th century

Drypoint, soft-ground etching and aquatint

Sheet: 43.2 x 30.1 cm (17 x 11 7/8 in.); Platemark: 32 x 24.8 cm (12 5/8 x 9 3/4 in.)

Bequest of Charles T. Brooks 1941.70

Catalogue raisonné: Mathews & Shapiro 5, Breeskin 143

State: M & S: XVII/XVII, B: XI/XI

Location

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Description

The Bath is related to the mother and child paintings and pastels Cassatt was making before she embarked upon the color prints. As her career progressed, the theme of mothers and children, physically close and psychologically absorbed in each other, would play an increasingly significant role in her art.

Citations

Lees, Sarah, and Richard R. Brettell. Innovative Impressions: Prints by Cassatt, Degas, and Pissarro. Tulsa, Oklahoma : Philbrook Museum of Art, 2018 Mentioned: p. 71; reproduced: p. 72, fig. 79

Exhibition history

The Cleveland Museum of Art (10/14/2012 - 01/20/2013); "Mary Cassatt"

The Cleveland Museum of Art (10/04/2012 - 01/20/2013); "Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in Nineteeth-Century Paris"

The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

Exhibition of the Month: Components of Art: The Line. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 12, 1948).

The Impressionist Aesthetic. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 10-October 31, 1982).

Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in Nineteenth-Century Paris. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 14, 2012-January 20, 2013).

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