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The bath (the tub) - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Summary

Print shows a woman holding a naked child while checking the temperature of water in a small bathing tub.

Title from mount.

Signed in pencil on lower right, below plate.

Signed with artist's monogram stamp on bottom center of plate.

Inscribed in pencil on lower right corner: Imprimée par l'artiste et M. Leroy.

Inscribed in pencil on bottom center: (25 epreuves).

Ex-coll.: Richard Hartshorne (Lugt suppl. 2215b), ownership stamp on verso.

Breeskin, 143

Purchase; Pennell fund; (DLC/PP-1946:0038.5)

Forms part of: Fine print filing series (Library of Congress).

Exhibited: "Mary Cassatt Retrospective" at the Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, June - September 2016.

The image of Mary holding the Christ Child is a common depiction in Christian art and is known as the "Madonna and Child." It represents the mother of Jesus and her son and is a symbol of motherhood, love, and compassion.

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women domestic life paris bathing children bathtubs and showers french montparnasse paris france bath tub prints child 19th century intaglio prints color fine prints mary cassatt photo drawing public domain art monograms library of congress
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Date

01/01/1891
person

Contributors

Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926, artist.
place

Location

Montparnasse (Paris, France) ,  48.84306, 2.32139
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Source

Library of Congress
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Link

http://lccn.loc.gov/
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Copyright info

No known restrictions on publication.

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women domestic life paris bathing children bathtubs and showers french montparnasse paris france bath tub prints child 19th century intaglio prints color fine prints mary cassatt photo drawing public domain art monograms library of congress