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Mary Cassatt — Sara Smiling (breeskin 195)
Mary Cassatt

Sara Smiling (breeskin 195)

A delicate drypoint with hand-coloring by Mary Cassatt depicting a young girl with a gentle smile. This posthumous impression showcases Cassatt's intimate portraiture and refined printmaking technique.

Medium
Drypoint with handcoloring, circa 1904, a posthumous impression, on Rives BFK wove paper, framed

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Mary Cassatt, Sara Smiling (breeskin 195)

A delicate drypoint with hand-coloring by Mary Cassatt depicting a young girl with a gentle smile. This posthumous impression showcases Cassatt's intimate portraiture and refined printmaking technique.

Medium
Drypoint with handcoloring, circa 1904, a posthumous impression, on Rives BFK wove paper, framed
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Hand-Colored, Impressionist, Girl, American Artist, Delicate, Portrait, Drypoint

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Collected by

Cleveland Museum of Art, Harvard Art Museums, Art Institute of Chicago