Sketch for Young Mother Sewing, (painting).

Sketch for Young Mother Sewing, (painting).

Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926, painter.

Sketch for Young Mother Sewing, (painting).

Femme et enfant dans un paysage, (painting).

17 1/2 x 14 3/4 in. (cm. 44.5 x 37.5)

A woman is seated in a chair sewing while a young girl leans on her knees. The girl has her hand to her mouth and looks out to the viewer while the woman looks down at her sewing. A window is behind them.

Figure group -- Family -- Mother & Child

Occupation -- Domestic -- Sewing

Architecture interior -- Domestic

Pool, Lawrence, Mrs., Alpine, New Jersey

Formerly in the collection of Vallet, Mathilde, 1927.

Mathilde X, Paris, France Sale (1927).

Durand-Ruel, Paris, France

James, Oliver B.,

Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme, "Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970, no. 413.

Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme, "Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Oils, Pastels, Watercolors, and Drawings," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970, p. 166.

Study for: 80170415.

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