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The Artist's Father Reading
by Mary Cassatt
Provenance
Estate of the artist, 1926-1927 [Lugt 2665a]; Mathilde Vallet, Paris, 1927-1931 [according to Breeskin 1970]. Sold, Galerie A. M. Reitlinger, Paris, June 1931, Mathilde X sale, lot 164. Sold by Henri Petiet (died 1980), Paris, to the Art Institute, 1965.
Exhibition history
Paris, Galerie A. M. Reitlinger, "Dessins, Pastels, Peintures, Études par Mary Cassatt," May 19-June 30, 1931, cat. 164. Chicago, International Galleries, 1966.
Publications
F. Sweet, Miss Mary Cassatt, Impressionist from Pennsylvania (Norman, Okla., 1966) (ill.). Adelyn Breeskin, Mary Cassatt, A Catalogue Raisonné (Washington, D.C., 1970), p. 259 (ill.).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Mary Cassatt / American, 1844-1926
- Date
- c. 1883
- Medium
- Graphite, on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- 22.4 × 14.2 cm (8 7/8 × 5 5/8 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- graphite
- Place
- United States
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Solomon A. Smith Charitable Fund
- Accession no.
- 1965.8
More by Mary Cassatt in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
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