Baby with his Hand on the Back of a Chair, (painting).

Baby with his Hand on the Back of a Chair, (painting).

Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926, painter.

Baby with his Hand on the Back of a Chair, (painting).

Femme assise, vue de dos et enfant, (painting).

Femme assise, vue de dos, tenant un enfant dans ses bras, (painting).

Mother Holding a Child in Her Arms, (painting).

Mujer sentada con un nino en sus brazos, (painting).

Woman Holding a Child in Her Arms, (painting).

31 3/4 x 25 1/2 in. (cm. 80.6 x 64.8)

(Lower left:) Mary Cassatt signed

A woman is seated in an oval-backed chair with her back to the viewer. She holds a nude baby in her arms, who rests his head on her shoulder and holds onto the back of the chair. A pitcher is on a washstand at left.

Figure group -- Family -- Mother & Child

Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain Accession Number: 82/25

Adler, Kathleen, Erica E. Hirshler and H. Barbara Weinberg, "Americans in Paris, 1860-1900," London : National Gallery, 2006, no. 40.

"Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman," New York: Art Institute of Chicago in association with H.N. Abrams, 1998, pl. 54.

Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme, "Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970, no. 178.

Adler, Kathleen, Erica E. Hirshler and H. Barbara Weinberg, "Americans in Paris, 1860-1900," London : National Gallery, 2006, no. 40.

"Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman," New York: Art Institute of Chicago in association with H.N. Abrams, 1998, pg. 275.

Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme, "Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970, p. 95.

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