Reading "Le Figaro," (painting)

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

Object Details

painter
Cassatt, Mary 1844-1926
Subject
Cassatt, Robert Simpson, Mrs. (Katharine Kelso Johnson)
Adler, Kathleen, Erica E. Hirshler and H. Barbara Weinberg, "Americans in Paris, 1860-1900," London : National Gallery, 2006, no. 36.
"Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman," New York: Art Institute of Chicago in association with H.N. Abrams, 1998, pl. 10.
"American Impressions: masterworks from American Art Forum collections, 1875-1935: a book of days," Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1993.
Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme, "Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970, no. 128.
"Variations on America: Masterworks from American Art Forum Collections," Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum in association with D. Giles Limited, London, 2007, pg. 62.
Image on file.
Adler, Kathleen, Erica E. Hirshler and H. Barbara Weinberg, "Americans in Paris, 1860-1900," London : National Gallery, 2006, no. 36.
"Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman," New York: Art Institute of Chicago in association with H.N. Abrams, 1998, pg. 237.
"American Impressions: masterworks from American Art Forum collections, 1875-1935: a book of days," Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1993.
Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme, "Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970, pg. 76.
Ms. Magazine, June 1974.
"Variations on America: Masterworks from American Art Forum Collections," Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum in association with D. Giles Limited, London, 2007, pg. 63.
(Lower right:) Mary Cassatt signed
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Fiftieth Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1879, no. 158.
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1883
Control number
IAP 80170128
Type
Paintings
Medium
Oil on canvas
Title
La lecture du Figaro, (painting)
Portrait of a Lady, (painting)
Artist's Mother Reading Le Figaro, (painting)
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
Topic
Portrait female--Knee length
Recreation--Leisure--Reading
Object--Written Matter--Newspaper
Object--Furniture--Mirror
Architecture interior--Domestic
Dress--Accessory--Eye wear
Record ID
siris_ari_180712
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