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On the Bench
Public Domain

Mary Cassatt and George A. Lucas

On the Bench

1888

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On the Bench

1888

Physical Qualities Softground etching, Sheet: 317 × 236 mm. (12 1/2 × 9 5/16 in.) Plate: 187 × 136 mm. (7 3/8 × 5 3/8 in.) Image: 187 × 136 mm. (7 3/8 × 5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.48.529
Printed in brown ink. Rosen & Pinsky (2008) described the medium as "soft-ground, with netting texture."
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
Susan Dackerman, BMA, "Whistler & Cassatt: Americans Abroad," June 11-Oct. 13, 2003; circulated to The Academy of the Arts, August 10, - October 20, 2004.

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

Inscribed: Signed and dedicated in pencil: lower right "To Mr. Lucas with my best complements / Mary Cassatt"

Markings: Artist's stamp: MC monogram (Lugt 604) Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c) Watermark: Vanderley

Artist

Mary Cassatt

1843–1925

American, 1844-1926
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Dedicated to

George A. Lucas

1823–1908

American, 1824-1909
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