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MARY CASSATT (1844-1926)
Children Playing with a Dog
signed 'Mary Cassatt' (lower center)
oil on canvas
39 3/8 x 28 3/4 in. (100 x 73 cm.)
Painted in 1907
Provenance
Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris (acquired from the artist, January 1907).
J. Gardner Cassatt, Philadelphia (brother of the artist; acquired from the above, October 1907).
Eugenia Carter Cassatt, Philadelphia (by descent from the above).
Ellen Mary Cassatt Hare (Mrs. Horace Binney), Philadelphia (by descent from the above).
Charles W. Hare, Philadelphia (by descent from the above).
Ellen Mary Cassatt Hare Meigs, Berwyn, Pennsylvania (by descent from the above); Estate sale, Christie’s, New York, 24 May 2007, lot 54.
Private collection, Florida (acquired at the above sale); sale, Christie’s, New York, 11 November 2018, lot 59A.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners.
Literature
"Miss Cassatt's 'Triumphs of Uncomeliness'" in The New York Times, 25 August 1907, p. 8 (illustrated; titled Baby and Dog).
L'Art est les artistes, 6 October 1907, p. 356 (illustrated in color).
"L'Art et les artistes" in La chronique des arts et de la curiosité, 11 April 1908, p. 138 (titled Enfant caressant un chien).
P.L. Hale, "Miss Cassatt's Works: Has Several Good Pictures at St. Botolph Club Exhibition" in Boston Herald, 8 February 1909, p. 7.
H. Monroe, "Notable American Salon at Pittsburgh" in Chicago Tribune, 30 May 1909, p. B5.
"Philadelphia Art Show" in New York Evening Post, 7 February 1912, p. 11.
"Art" in Nation, vol. 94, 22 February 1912, p. 196.
J.B. Townsend, "Pennsylvania Academy Exhibition (Final Notice)" in American Art News, vol. 10, 24 February 1912, p. 3 (titled Mother and Children).
A.D. Breeskin, Mary Cassatt A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors and Drawings, Washington, D.C., 1970, pp. 19 and 188, no. 502 (illustrated).
S.G. Lindsay, Mary Cassatt and Philadelphia, exh. cat., Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1985, pp. 92-93 and 95, no. 18.
J.A. Barter, ed., Mary Cassatt Modern Woman, exh. cat., The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 359-360.
Exhibited
Boston, St. Botolph's Club, Pictures by Mary Cassatt February 1909, no. 7 (titled Femme avec deux enfants).
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, One-hundred-seventh Annual Exhibition, February-March 1912, p. 461, no. 472 (titled Mother and Child).
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Representative Modern Masters, April-May 1920, p. 6, no. 17 (titled Woman with Two Children).
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, A Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mary Cassatt March-April 1928, no. 18 or 19 (titled Mother and Two Children).
Haverford College, Mary Cassatt May-June 1939, no. 6 (titled Mother and Two Children).
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Homer, Eakins, Cassatt, June-September 1953, no. 55 (titled Mother and Two Children).
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Mary Cassatt April-May 1960 (titled Mother and Two Children).
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., The Paintings of Mary Cassatt A Benefit Exhibition for the Development of the National Collection of Fine Arts, February 1966, no. 40 (illustrated; titled Mother (Jeanne) Looking Down at Her Two Children Petting a Dog).
Post Lot Text
This painting will be included in the Cassatt Committee's revision of Adelyn Dohme Breeskin's catalogue raisonné of the works of Mary Cassatt