Mary Cassatt - "Mere Et Enfant"

MARY CASSATT

"Mere Et Enfant"

Size : 20 x 26

Framed Size : 33 x 39

Provenance : This drawing was inspected in April 2002 by the Mary Cassatt Catalogue Raisonn Committee (Adelyn Breeskin, founder; Jay Cantor, director) and will be included in the forthcoming newly revised Mary Cassatt Catalogue Raisonne. Provenance: Ex-collection Mathilde Valet (French, late 19th-early 20th century), in the later years of Cassatt's life Mathilde Valet served as her housekeeper, maid and personal companion, in her will Cassatt bequeathed the contents of her atelier to Valet, bearing the “Mathilde collection stamp [Lugt 2665a] in black ink lower right recto; Sale, Drouot, Paris, “Vente-Collection Mlle. March 30, 1927; Ex-collection Ambroise Vollard (French, 1866-1939), recognized as one of the most important dealers in French contemporary art at the beginning of the twentieth century; Private collection.

Condition : Excellent