The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 21, 2025
The Letter (verso)
1890–91
(American, 1844–1926)
Sheet: 34.6 x 23 cm (13 5/8 x 9 1/16 in.)
Bequest of Charles T. Brooks 1941.86.b
Location: Not on view
Description
In this study for the color drypoint and aquatint of the same title, Cassatt worked out the placement of the figure at a writing table. Details such as the precise incline of her head, the curls on her forehead, and the position of her fingers on the envelope are echoed in the print.- Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris (according to Breeskin 1970, under no. 805); Charles T. Brooks.
- Nash, Julie. "Paper Trail: Navigating NcNicoll's Sketchbooks." In Cassatt - McNicoll: Impressionists Between Worlds, Caroline Shields, ed.,117-137. Toronto, Ontario: Art Gallery of Ontario; Fredericton, New Brunswick: Goose Lane Editions, 2023. Reproduced: P. 132Thompson, Jennifer A., and Laurel Garber. Mary Cassatt at Work. Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2024. Reproduced: p. 138, fig. 76b
- Mary Cassatt at Work. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (organizer) (May 18-September 8, 2024) https://www.philamuseum.org/calendar/exhibition/mary-cassatt-at-work.Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in 19th-Century Paris. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 14, 2012-January 20, 2013).
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Source URL:
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