Mary Cassatt
The Map
1889
Physical Qualities
Drypoint, Sheet: 237 x 312 mm. (9 5/16 x 12 5/16 in.)
Plate: 159 x 233 mm. (6 1/4 x 9 3/16 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
1996.48.520
Printed in brown ink.
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 Museum of Graphic Art, New York, "The Graphic Art of Mary Cassatt," traveled to Christian Rohlfing, The Cooper Union Museum, New York, Oct. 3 - Nov. 4, 1967; circulated to Smithsonian Institution, early Jan. - Feb. 25, 1968; The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Apr. 18 - May 12,1968; The Detroit Institute of Arts, July 16 - Aug. 18, 1968.
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
Lebanon Valley College, Suzanne H. Arnold Gallery, Annville, Pennsylvania, "Mary Cassatt, Printmaker," March 8-April 5, 2001.
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.
The Museum of Graphic Art, New York, "The Graphic Art of Mary Cassatt," traveled to Christian Rohlfing, The Cooper Union Museum, New York, Oct. 3 - Nov. 4, 1967; circulated to Smithsonian Institution, early Jan. - Feb. 25, 1968; The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Apr. 18 - May 12,1968; The Detroit Institute of Arts, July 16 - Aug. 18, 1968.
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
Lebanon Valley College, Suzanne H. Arnold Gallery, Annville, Pennsylvania, "Mary Cassatt, Printmaker," March 8-April 5, 2001.
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.
Baltimore Museum of Art. The George A. Lucas Collection: Selected Prints. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1976, cat. no. 20, (Published as The Death of Desdemona')
Inscribed: Signed and titled in pencil: lower right "Mary Cassatt / the Map"
Markings: Artist's stamp: MC monogram (Lugt 604) Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)
