Mary Cassatt
Study for “Somber Figure”
1875-1885
Physical Qualities
Graphite over black crayon (recto); design left by ground from softground etching transfer process (verso), Sheet: 266 x 190 mm. (10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Wilmer Hoffman
Object Number
1955.30.2
Woman seated in 3/4 view looking to left with hands in lap.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1955; Wilmer Hoffman (1899-1954), Baltimore and Charleston, SC, 1940; Galerie Guy Stein, Paris.
Galerie Guy Stein, Paris, '12ème Exposition Vente', April 27-May 25, 1940, no. 12.
Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, The Graphic Work of Mary Cassatt, A Catalogue Raisonné, New York,: H.Bittner and Co., 1948, no. B32.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Manet, Degas, Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt', April 18-June 3, 1962, no. 119 [not reproduced].
Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors and Drawings', Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1970, p. 255, no. 739, ill. p. 255.
Victor Carlson and Carol Hynning Smith, BMA, "Master Drawings and Watercolors of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries"; circulated by the American Federation of Arts to the Guggenheim Museum, NY, 24 August - 7 October 1979; Des Moines Art Center, 19 November 1979 - 6 January 1980; Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, 8 February - 16 March, 1980; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1 May - 22 June 1980 ; Denver Art Museum, 12 July - 24 August, 1980.
BMA, "Master Drawings and Watercolors of the 19th and 20th Centuries from the Museum Collection," 14 October - 28 November, 1982.
Sona Johnston and Victor Carlson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'American Watercolors and Drawings: Selections from the Collection', March 1-May 15, 1983.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'As Artists See Us: Drawings from the Museum's Collection', May 14-Aug. 11, 1991.
Jay Fisher and Sona Johnston, BMA, "BMA Collects: Nineteenth-Century American Drawings and Watercolors," 9 April - 8 June 1997.
Susan Dackerman, The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Whistler and Cassatt: Americans Abroad,' June 11-Oct. 12, 2003.
Jay McKean Fisher, William R. Johnston and Cheryl K. Snay, 'The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas,' organized by The Walters Art Museum and The Baltimore Museum of Art, circulated to The Walters Art Museum June 19, 2005 - September 11, 2005, The Birmingham Museum of Art February 9, 2006 - May 4, 2006, Tacoma Art Museum June 9, 2006 - September 7, 2006.
Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, The Graphic Work of Mary Cassatt, A Catalogue Raisonné, New York,: H.Bittner and Co., 1948, no. B32.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Manet, Degas, Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt', April 18-June 3, 1962, no. 119 [not reproduced].
Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors and Drawings', Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1970, p. 255, no. 739, ill. p. 255.
Victor Carlson and Carol Hynning Smith, BMA, "Master Drawings and Watercolors of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries"; circulated by the American Federation of Arts to the Guggenheim Museum, NY, 24 August - 7 October 1979; Des Moines Art Center, 19 November 1979 - 6 January 1980; Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, 8 February - 16 March, 1980; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1 May - 22 June 1980 ; Denver Art Museum, 12 July - 24 August, 1980.
BMA, "Master Drawings and Watercolors of the 19th and 20th Centuries from the Museum Collection," 14 October - 28 November, 1982.
Sona Johnston and Victor Carlson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'American Watercolors and Drawings: Selections from the Collection', March 1-May 15, 1983.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'As Artists See Us: Drawings from the Museum's Collection', May 14-Aug. 11, 1991.
Jay Fisher and Sona Johnston, BMA, "BMA Collects: Nineteenth-Century American Drawings and Watercolors," 9 April - 8 June 1997.
Susan Dackerman, The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Whistler and Cassatt: Americans Abroad,' June 11-Oct. 12, 2003.
Jay McKean Fisher, William R. Johnston and Cheryl K. Snay, 'The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas,' organized by The Walters Art Museum and The Baltimore Museum of Art, circulated to The Walters Art Museum June 19, 2005 - September 11, 2005, The Birmingham Museum of Art February 9, 2006 - May 4, 2006, Tacoma Art Museum June 9, 2006 - September 7, 2006.
Fisher, Jay McKean, et al. The Essence of Line: French drawings from Ingres to Degas. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005, p. 150-51, ill.
Nancy Mowll Mathews, editor, Cassatt: A Retrospective, [place of publication]: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc., 1996, ill. p. 205.
Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors and Drawings', Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1970, p. 255, no. 739, ill. p. 255.
Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, The Graphic Work of Mary Cassatt, A Catalogue Raisonné, New York,: H.Bittner and Co., 1948, no. B32.
Carlson, Victor, and Carol Hynning Smith. Master Drawings and Watercolors of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: The Baltimore Museum of Art. New York, NY: The American Federation of Arts, 1979, pp. 53, ill.
Inscribed: RECTO: BRC, graphite, 'Mary Cassatt'.
