In the Opera Box (No. 3) [recto]
1880
Mary Cassatt
Artist, American, 1844 - 1926
West Building Main Floor, Gallery 88
Artwork overview
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Medium
graphite on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (approximate): 21.2 x 16 cm (8 3/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
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Accession Number
1946.21.82.a
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Catalogue Raisonné
Breeskin 1970, no. 718
Associated Artworks
In the Opera Box [verso]
Mary Cassatt
1880
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Robert Hartshorne (1866-1927), New Jersey (Lugt 2215b); (sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 23 January 1946, lot 27); Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA; acquired 1946 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1970
Graphics by Contemporary Painters, Allentown Art Memorial, PA, 1970.
Bibliography
1970
Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme. Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970, no. 718.
1996
Mathews, Nancy Mowll. Cassatt: A Retrospective. New York: H.L. Levin Associates, 1996, p. 122.
Inscriptions
lower right in graphite: Mary Cassatt
Markings
none
Wikidata ID
Q64607623