The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 19, 2025
Lydia and Her Mother at Tea
c. 1880
(American, 1844–1926)
Sheet: 27.5 x 36 cm (10 13/16 x 14 3/16 in.); Platemark: 18 x 28 cm (7 1/16 x 11 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2008.110
Catalogue raisonné: Breeskin 69
Location: Not on view
Description
A unique impression between the fourth and fifth states, Cassatt added texture and tone to the composition so that the figures and objects in the room become flat shapes defined by bold contrasts of light and shadow. Lydia’s elegant, pale hands raising a porcelain cup to her lips are brilliantly highlighted against the inky black of her dress.- Ambroise Vollard; Henri M. Petiet (Lugt 2021a); Mary Cassatt: Prints and Drawings from the Collection of Ambroise Vollard (Marc Rosen Fine Art, Ltd., New York), no. 26.
- Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in 19th-Century Paris. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 14, 2012-January 20, 2013).
- {{cite web|title=Lydia and Her Mother at Tea|url=false|author=Mary Cassatt|year=c. 1880|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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