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Quietude (B. 139)
Details
MARY CASSATT
Quietude (B. 139)
drypoint, circa 1891, on Vanderley, a rich impression with fine, delicate lines, Breeskin's fifth (final) state, with full margins (deckle along all four sides), minor surface soiling, occasional foxing, rippling throughout, the R. Hartshorne inkstamp at the reverse of the lower right image (slightly showing through), the palest mat staining, a short crease at the lower left margin corner, hinge and glue remains along the reverse of the right margin edge (with associated skinning, showing through), pale scattered foxing on the reverse, otherwise in good condition
P. 10¼ x 6 7/8 in. (260 x 175 mm.)
S. 13 7/8 x 8 3/16 in. (352 x 208 mm.)
Quietude (B. 139)
drypoint, circa 1891, on Vanderley, a rich impression with fine, delicate lines, Breeskin's fifth (final) state, with full margins (deckle along all four sides), minor surface soiling, occasional foxing, rippling throughout, the R. Hartshorne inkstamp at the reverse of the lower right image (slightly showing through), the palest mat staining, a short crease at the lower left margin corner, hinge and glue remains along the reverse of the right margin edge (with associated skinning, showing through), pale scattered foxing on the reverse, otherwise in good condition
P. 10¼ x 6 7/8 in. (260 x 175 mm.)
S. 13 7/8 x 8 3/16 in. (352 x 208 mm.)
Provenance
Alfred Beurdeley (L. 421)
Robert Hartshorne, New Jersey (L. 2215b)
By descent to the present owner.
Robert Hartshorne, New Jersey (L. 2215
By descent to the present owner.
Literature
A.D. Breeskin, The Graphic Work of Mary Cassatt, New York, 1979, cat. 139.