Lydia Leaning on Her Arms, Seated in a Loge, (painting).

Lydia Leaning on Her Arms, Seated in a Loge, (painting).

Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926, painter.

Lydia Leaning on Her Arms, Seated in a Loge, (painting).

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Pastel on paper.

21 5/8 x 17 3/4 in. (cm. 54.9 x 45.1)

(Lower left:) Mary Cassatt signed

Portrait of a red-haired woman wearing a yellow decollete dress, leaning forward on her elbows with her hands clasped. She is seated in a red chair. Her reflection is seen in a mirror behind her.

Portrait female -- Cassatt, Lydia -- Knee length

Object -- Furniture -- Mirror

Ingersoll, Eleanor Dorance, Newport, Rhode Island

Formerly in the collection of Michel family, Paris, France

Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, England

Aquavella Galleries, Inc., New York, New York 1969.

Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme, "Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970, no. 63.

Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme, "Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970, pg. 50.

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