The Mirror
The Mirror

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The Mirror,

1890

Mary Cassatt, 1844–1926; born Allegheny City, PA; died Le Mesnil-Theribus, France
x1971-13
This image of a young woman and a child is one of a series of twelve drypoints created by the American artist Mary Cassatt following a visit with Degas to a Japanese exhibition at the École des Beaux-Arts in 1890. The exhibition included more than seven hundred ukiyo-e woodblock prints. The prints by Utamaro—in particular the suite of woodcuts of women known as The Twelve Hours in the Pleasure Quarter of the Yoshiwara—made such a profound impression on Cassatt that she was inspired her to create her own set of prints depicting fashionable young women seen at intimate moments in their daily lives.

Information

Title
The Mirror
Dates

1890

Maker
Mary Cassatt
Medium
Drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 22.9 x 17 cm. (9 x 6 11/16 in.) sheet: 37 × 25.8 cm (14 9/16 × 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Scribner Jr., Class of 1943
Object Number
x1971-13
Place Made

Europe, France

Inscription
Signed in graphite, lower right: Mary Cassatt
Marks/Labels/Seals
Artist stamp, lower right
Reference Numbers
Lugt 604; Breeskin 136 vi
Culture
American
Type
prints, drypoints
Techniques
drypoint, mounting
Subject
reflections, infants, mothers, mirrors, sitting

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