Lot Essay
According to Adelyn D. Breeskin, the present work was likely executed in 1911, when the artist visited Egypt with her brother Gardner and his family.
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Slight Sketch of a Nubian in a Blue Robe
Details
MARY CASSATT (1844-1926)
Slight Sketch of a Nubian in a Blue Robe
watercolor and pencil on paper
15 ½ x 11 ¾ in. (39.4 x 29.8 cm.)
Executed in 1911.
Slight Sketch of a Nubian in a Blue Robe
watercolor and pencil on paper
15 ½ x 11 ¾ in. (39.4 x 29.8 cm.)
Executed in 1911.
Provenance
The artist.
Mathilde Vallet, France, acquired from the above, 1927.
Galerie A.M. Reitlinger, Paris, 19 May-30 June 1931, lot 44, sold by the above.
Durand-Ruel, New York, 1966.
Sotheby's Arcade, New York, 25 October 1985, lot 89.
Borghi & Co., New York.
Anastasia and Jerry Balaban, Flushing, New York, by 2000.
By descent to the present owner from the above.
Mathilde Vallet, France, acquired from the above, 1927.
Galerie A.M. Reitlinger, Paris, 19 May-30 June 1931, lot 44, sold by the above.
Durand-Ruel, New York, 1966.
Sotheby's Arcade, New York, 25 October 1985, lot 89.
Borghi & Co., New York.
Anastasia and Jerry Balaban, Flushing, New York, by 2000.
By descent to the present owner from the above.
Literature
A.D. Breeskin, Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings, Washington, D.C., 1970, p. 237, no. 682, illustrated.
Further details
This work is included as no. 646 in the Cassatt Committee's revision of Adelyn Dohme Breeskin's catalogue raisonné of the works of Mary Cassatt.
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