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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.7
People
Imitator of Mary Cassatt, American (Allegheny City, PA 1844 - 1926 Le Mesnil-Theribus, France)
Title
Head of a Child
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th-20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308956

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Pastel on off-white illustration board
Dimensions
28.9 × 23.6 cm (11 3/8 × 9 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.l., brown pastel, in artist's hand: M.C.
  • stamp: verso, purple ink, stamp: MADE IN FRANCE
  • label: verso, paper and black ink, handwritten: MARY / CASSATT
  • label: verso, paper and black ink, handwritten: 13.951 M. Cassatt / Tête de bébé [part crossed out] dessin / 75
  • stamp: verso, black ink, stamped: 1836
  • stamp: verso, black ink, stamp: [in oval:] COLLECTION / MARY CASSATT / MATHILDE X...
  • inscription: verso, blue crayon, handwritten: 119
  • label: verso, graphite, handwritten: [16?] / 950--

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Count Ivan G. Podgoursky, sold; to Mrs. J. Lee Johnson III, Fort Worth, Texas, 1955, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1972

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. J. Lee Johnson III
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.7
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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