Live Auction 2485Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)
Lot 64 Sold with the approval of the Trustees of the Philadelphia Museum of Art to benefit acquisition funds

Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)

Sketch of Head of a Girl in a Hat with a Black Rosette

Closed30 November 2011

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Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)
Sketch of Head of a Girl in a Hat with a Black Rosette
oil on canvas laid down on board
9¾ x 12¾ in. (24.8 x 32.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1910.

The artist.
Mathilde Vallet, the artist's maid, acquired from the above.
Sale: Galerie A.M. Reitlinger, Paris, 30 March 1927, no. 30.
Chester Dale.
Dr. B.D. Saklatwalla.
Sale: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 1 May 1946, lot 41.
Private collection.
Rictavia S. Schiff.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1989.

Specialist note

This painting will be included in the Cassatt Committee's revision of Adelyn Dohme Breeskin's catalogue raisonné of the works of Mary Cassatt.