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Alexander J. Cassatt and his Son, Robert Kelso Cassatt, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Cassatt, Mary 1844-1926  Search this
Subject:
Cassatt, Alexander J  Search this
Cassatt, Robert Kelso  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Philadelphia Museum of Art 26th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19130 Accession Number: 1959.1.1
Date:
1884
Notes:
Adler, Kathleen, Erica E. Hirshler and H. Barbara Weinberg, "Americans in Paris, 1860-1900," London : National Gallery, 2006, no. 101.
"Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman," New York: Art Institute of Chicago in association with H.N. Abrams, 1998, pl. 46.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1975.
"Check List of Paintings in the Philadelphia Museum of Art," Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1965.
Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme, "Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970, no. 136.
American Heritage, Vol. 25, No. 1, 1973.
Image on file.
Adler, Kathleen, Erica E. Hirshler and H. Barbara Weinberg, "Americans in Paris, 1860-1900," London : National Gallery, 2006, no. 101.
"Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman," New York: Art Institute of Chicago in association with H.N. Abrams, 1998, pg. 267.
Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme, "Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970, pg. 78.
American Heritage, Dec. 1973
American Heritage, Vol. 25, No. 1, P.16
(Lower left:) Mary Cassatt 1884 signed
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Summary:
Portrait of Alexander Cassatt seated in an upholstered armchair with his legs crossed. He holds a newspaper. His son, Robert, is seated on the arm of the chair with his left arm around his father's shoulders.
Topic:
Portrait group--Family--Father & Child  Search this
Portrait male--Knee length  Search this
Portrait male--Child  Search this
Object--Written Matter--Newspaper  Search this
Architecture interior--Domestic  Search this
Control number:
IAP 46170037
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_58134