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Tea,
1890
Mary Cassatt, 1844–1926; born Allegheny City, PA; died Le Mesnil-Theribus, France
x1971-10
This image of a young woman drinking tea is one of a series of twelve prints created by the American artist Mary Cassatt following her visit with Degas to Sigfried Bing’s great Japanese exhibition at the École des Beaux-Arts in 1890. The exhibition included over seven hundred ukiyo-e woodblock prints, but the prints by Utamaro—in particular the suite of twelve woodcuts of women known as The Twelve Hours in the Pleasure Quarter of the Yoshiwara— made such a profound impression on the artist that she was inspired to create her own set of prints depicting fashionable young women seen at intimate moments in their daily lives.
Information
Title
Tea
Dates
1890
Maker
Medium
Drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 17.9 x 15.6 cm. (7 1/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
sheet: 37.4 x 27.8 cm. (14 3/4 x 10 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Scribner, Jr., Class of 1943
Object Number
x1971-10
Place Made
Europe, France
Inscription
Signed in graphite, lower right: Mary Cassatt
Marks/Labels/Seals
Artist stamp, lower right
Watermark: [bell]
Reference Numbers
Lugt 604; Breeskin 133 v
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