Mary Cassatt
Baby’s Back
1889
Physical Qualities
Drypoint, Sheet: 310 x 235 mm. (12 3/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
Plate: 231 x 162 mm. (9 1/8 x 6 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with Funds from the State of Maryland. Funds from Laurence and Stella Bendann, and Contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.510
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Wildenstein Gallery, New York City, NY, Oct. 1947 - Jan. 1948.
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, Jan. 3 - Feb. 10, 1962.
S.I.T.E.S., Washington, D.C., "Mary Cassatt: Graphic Work," 1981, cat. 20 (illus).
Jay McKean Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, “Three Master Printmakers from the Nineteenth Century: Eugène Delacroix, Edouard Manet, Mary Cassatt,” March 17-May 30, 1993
Susan Dackerman, Baltimore Museum of Art, "Whistler & Cassatt: Americans Abroad," June 11-Oct. 13, 2003; circulated to The Academy of the Arts, August 10, - October 20, 2004.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art," October 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, Jan. 3 - Feb. 10, 1962.
S.I.T.E.S., Washington, D.C., "Mary Cassatt: Graphic Work," 1981, cat. 20 (illus).
Jay McKean Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, “Three Master Printmakers from the Nineteenth Century: Eugène Delacroix, Edouard Manet, Mary Cassatt,” March 17-May 30, 1993
Susan Dackerman, Baltimore Museum of Art, "Whistler & Cassatt: Americans Abroad," June 11-Oct. 13, 2003; circulated to The Academy of the Arts, August 10, - October 20, 2004.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art," October 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.
"Mary Cassatt: Graphic Work," S.I.T.E.S., Washington, DC, 1981, Cat. 20 (illustrated)
Inscribed: Signed and titled in pencil: lower right "Mary Cassatt / Mother & Child"
Markings: Artist's stamp: MC monogram (Lugt 604) Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)
