The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 18, 2025

The Bath

1890–91

Mary Cassatt

(American, 1844–1926)
America
drypoint, soft-ground etching and aquatint
Platemark: 32 x 24.8 cm (12 5/8 x 9 3/4 in.); Sheet: 43.2 x 30.1 cm (17 x 11 7/8 in.)
Bequest of Charles T. Brooks 1941.70
Catalogue raisonné: Mathews & Shapiro 5, Breeskin 143
Location: Not on view

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.
  • ?-1941
    Estate of Charles T. Brooks, Cleveland, OH
    June 10, 1941
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • 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
    Mathews, Nancy Mowll, and Ann Cannon. Mary Cassatt / Berthe Morisot: Allies in Impressionism. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2025. Reproduced: p. 52
  • Mary Cassatt / Berthe Morisot: Allies in Impressionism. Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY (organizer) (May 24-September 1, 2025).
    Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in 19th-Century Paris. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 14, 2012-January 20, 2013).
    The Impressionist Aesthetic. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 10-October 31, 1982).
    Japonisme: Japanese Influence on French Art, 1854 - 1910. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 9-August 31, 1975); Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ (October 4-November 16, 1975); Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD (December 10, 1975-January 26, 1976).
    Exhibition of the Month: Components of Art: The Line. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 12, 1948).
    The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
  • {{cite web|title=The Bath|url=false|author=Mary Cassatt|year=1890–91|access-date=18 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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