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Mary Cassatt
American (1844 - 1926) Primary



The Fitting

1890-1891
Drypoint and soft-ground etching
State: Seventh state

14 7/8 in. x 10 1/8 in. (37.78 cm x 25.72 cm)

Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number: 1949.15
Acquisition Date:
Geography: North and Central America, United States
Classification: Fine and Visual Arts; Prints
Culture/Nationality: American

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This object has the following keywords:
  • aquatints - Prints produced from designs created by the aquatint process, by which a printing plate is covered with a coating and etched with acid so as to create a range of tonal values, often combined with line work. The resulting print resembling a watercolor.
  • dressmaking - Activity of cutting, sewing, and creating ladies clothing, particularly dresses, coats, and shirts.
  • drypoints - Prints made using the drypoint process, whereby a sharp needle scratches the plate creating a burr.
  • genre
  • North American - Refers to the cultures of the continent of North America, which is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Arctic Circle, and Central America. In classifications schemes based on physical geography, Central America, and North America are parts of the same continent.
  • soft-ground etchings - Prints made using the process of soft-ground etching.
  • women - Refers to female human beings from young adulthood through old age.

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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:

  • Owner Name: Edith Finch, Class of 1922
    Role: Donor
    Place: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA
    Acquisition Method: From the Collection of Lucy Martin Donnelly, Class of 1893
    Disposal Method: Donation to Bryn Mawr College
    Ownership Start Date: Possibly 1949 upon Donnelly's death
    Ownership End Date: July 22, 1949


Bibliography List
The following Bibliography exist for this object:
  • Clarence Burton Sheffield, Jr. and Leo G. Mazow. Mary Cassatt printmaker Lebanon Valley College. Annville, PA, 2001
    Page Number: 20-21
  • Mary Leahy, "Mary Cassatt: Her Color Prints at Bryn Mawr." Bryn Mawr Now 9, No. 2 (November 1981): 1, 6-7.
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Catalogue Raisonné List
The following Catalogue Raisonné exist for this object:
  • Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Graphic Work (Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979), 63, 144. Figure Number: 147

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