The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of February 14, 2025

Under the Horse Chestnut Tree
1896–97
(American, 1844–1926)
Platemark: 40.5 x 28.5 cm (15 15/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
Catalogue raisonné: Mathews & Shapiro 20, Breeskin 162
Location: not on view
Description
Under the Horse Chestnut Tree was among the last color prints Cassatt made. In 1894, she purchased a château called Mesnil-Beaufresne in the village of Mesnil-Théribus and moved her press there from Paris. Her friend, the wealthy American collector Louisine Havemeyer recalled her working "in her grey blouse in the small pavilion over the dam where she had installed her printing press. There she would work while daylight lasted with the aid of a printer; she did her own coloring and wiping of the plates. It was at the cost of much physical strain for she actually did the manual work." After the 1890s, Cassatt increasingly turned her attention toward pastel.- ?-1946Fanny Tewksbury King [1867-1949], Cleveland Heights, OHNovember 25, 1946The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Prasse, Leona. "Prints and Drawings." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 34, no. 2 (February 1947): 26, 31. Reproduced: p. 30; Mentioned: p. 31 www.jstor.org
- Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in 19th-Century Paris. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 14, 2012-January 20, 2013).Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Seoul Art Center, South Korea (December 22, 2006-March 28, 2007); Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, South Korea (April 7-May 20, 2007).Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 7, 1993-January 2, 1994).Human Rights. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1963-January 12, 1964).Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959).
- {{cite web|title=Under the Horse Chestnut Tree|url=false|author=Mary Cassatt|year=1896–97|access-date=14 February 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1946.296