Painter:

Cassatt, Mary 1844-1926  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings

Date:

1909

Notes:

Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme, "Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970, no. 562.

Summary:

A woman is seated, facing left, holding a nude child in her right arm. The child's back is to the viewer, blocking the mother's head from view. The mother holds a toy duck on a string in her extended left hand and the child holds it with his extended right hand.

Topic:

Figure group--Family--Mother & Child  Search this

Figure--Child--Nude  Search this

Object--Toy  Search this

Control number:

IAP 80170562

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_181115