Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)

PROPERTY FROM THE MAURICE AND MURIEL FULTON COLLECTION

Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)
Sketch of Dark-Haired Mother with Her Baby at Left
signed 'Mary Cassatt' (lower right)
watercolor on paper
20 x 14 in. (50.8 x 35.5 cm.)
Executed circa 1907-08.

PROVENANCE
The artist.
Durand-Ruel Galleries, Paris, France, acquired from the above, 1914.
Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, acquired from the above, 1915 until 1949.
Private collection, Switzerland.
Palais Galliera, Paris, France, 10-11 December 1962, lot 155 (as Femme et enfant).
International Galleries, Chicago, Illinois, 1962.
Acquired by the late owners from the above, 1964.

EXHIBITED
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Water Colors and Dry Points by Mary Cassatt, April 5-20, 1915, no. 5 (as Femme et enfant).
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Exhibition of Paintings, Pastels, Drypoints, and Watercolors by Mary Cassatt, Spring 1923, no. 64 (as Femme et enfant).
Chicago, Illinois, International Galleries, Mary Cassatt 1844-1926: Retrospective Exhibition, November-December 1965, no. 15, illustrated (as Mother and Child).
Neenah, Wisconsin, John Nelson Bergstrom Art Center, Mary Cassatt Exhibition, April 30-June 5, 1977 (as Sketch of Dark-haired Mother).

LITERATURE
A.D. Breeskin, Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings, Washington, D.C., 1970, p. 233, no. 665, illustrated.