Live Auction 2171Important American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture
Christie’s roundel
Lot 65

Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)

Two Mothers and a Child in a Boat

Closed20 May 2009

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Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)
Two Mothers and a Child in a Boat
bears collection stamp 'Mathilde X' (lower left)
watercolor on paper
13¼ x 19¼ in. (33.7 x 48.9 cm.)
Executed in 1910.

The artist.
Mathilde Valet, the artist's maid, acquired from the above.
Sale: Paris, Vente Mathilde X, 1931.
Sotheby's, London, 22 June 2004, lot 422.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Specialist note

The present work is a preliminary study for Deux mères et leurs enfants en bateau, 1910, currently in the collection of Musée du Petit Palais, Paris.

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