Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)
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Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)

Sketch of Master St. Pierre

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Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)
Sketch of Master St. Pierre
signed 'Mary Cassatt' (lower right)
pastel on paper laid down on canvas
21 ¾ x 18 in. (55.2 x 45.7 cm.)
Executed in 1906.

Ambroise Vollard, Paris, France.
Galerie de France, Paris, France.
Private collection, New York.
Sale: Kende Galleries, New York, 19 May 1949, no. 77, sold by the above.
Wolf Collection, New York.
Sotheby’s, New York, 19 January 1950, lot 71.
Mr. and Mrs. Nat Bass, New York, acquired from the above.
Sovereign American Arts Corporation, New York, acquired from the above, 1972.
Sotheby's, New York, 23 October 1974, lot 104.
Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York, by 1978.
William Postar, Boston, Massachusetts.
Acquired by the late owners from the above, 1979.

专家说明

This work is included in the Cassatt Committee's revision of Adelyn Doehme Breeskin's catalogue raisonné of the works of Mary Cassatt.

Throughout her career, Mary Cassatt explored the subject of children with a wonderful sense of intimacy and tenderness. Cassatt rendered Master St. Pierre with the ease and speed of pastel in a rare moment of stillness. Appearing to be about 4 or 5 years of age, this child would likely be filled with energetic curiosity for his surroundings, as demonstrated by his side long gaze, possibly fixed on his mother or nanny standing nearby, coaxing him to sit still.