Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)
Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)

Margot in a Floppy Bonnet (No. 2)

Details
Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)
Margot in a Floppy Bonnet (No. 2)
signed with initials 'M.C' (lower right)
pencil on paper
9 x 6 in. (22.9 x 15.2 cm.), image; 12¼ x 8 in. (31.1 x 20.3 cm.), sheet
Executed circa 1903-04.
Provenance
The artist.
Ambroise Vollard, Paris, France, acquired from the above.
Estate of the above.
Henri M. Petiet, Paris, France, acquired from the above.
Estate of the above.
[With]Marc Rosen Fine Art, Ltd., New York (at Adelson Galleries, Inc., New York).
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2001.
Literature
A.D. Breeskin, Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings, Washington, D.C., 1970, p. 291, no. 882, illustrated.
Adelson Galleries, Inc., Mary Cassatt: Prints and Drawings from the Artist's Studio, exhibition catalogue, New York, 2000, p. 139, illustrated.
Exhibited
New York, Adelson Galleries, Inc., Mary Cassatt: Prints and Drawings from the Artist's Studio, November 10-December 29, 2000.
Sale Room Notice
Please note the additional provenance for this lot:
The artist.
Ambroise Vollard, Paris, France, acquired from the above.
Estate of the above.
Henri M. Petiet, Paris, France, acquired from the above.
Estate of the above.
[With]Marc Rosen Fine Art, Ltd., New York (at Adelson Galleries, Inc., New York).
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2001.

Lot Essay

The present work is a preparatory drawing for a similar work by the artist executed in drypoint entitled Margot in a Floppy Bonnet Leaning against a Chair.

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