Lot Essay
This painting will be included in the Cassatt Committee's revision of Adelyn Dohme Breeskin's catalogue raisonné of the works of Mary Cassatt.
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Sold with the approval of the Trustees of the Philadelphia Museum of Art to benefit acquisition funds
Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)
Sketch of Head of a Girl in a Hat with a Black Rosette
Details
Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)
Sketch of Head of a Girl in a Hat with a Black Rosette
oil on canvas laid down on board
9¾ x 12¾ in. (24.8 x 32.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1910.
Sketch of Head of a Girl in a Hat with a Black Rosette
oil on canvas laid down on board
9¾ x 12¾ in. (24.8 x 32.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1910.
Provenance
The artist.
Mathilde Vallet, the artist's maid, acquired from the above.
Sale: Galerie A.M. Reitlinger, Paris, 30 March 1927, no. 30.
Chester Dale.
Dr. B.D. Saklatwalla.
Sale: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 1 May 1946, lot 41.
Private collection.
Rictavia S. Schiff.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1989.
Mathilde Vallet, the artist's maid, acquired from the above.
Sale: Galerie A.M. Reitlinger, Paris, 30 March 1927, no. 30.
Chester Dale.
Dr. B.D. Saklatwalla.
Sale: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 1 May 1946, lot 41.
Private collection.
Rictavia S. Schiff.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1989.
Literature
A.D. Breeskin, Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings, Washington, D.C., 1970, p. 209, no. 581, illustrated.