Mary Cassatt
Susan Comforting the Baby

ArtistAmerican,1844–1926, active France
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Susan Comforting the Baby
Datec. 1881
PlaceFrance
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions25 5/8 × 39 3/8 inches (65.1 × 100 cm)

Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, gift of Audrey Jones Beck
Object number74.136
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
222 Beck Galleries
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Provenance[Ambroise Vollard (1866-1939), Paris]; Private collection, Paris, 1965; [Howard Young Gallery, New York, 1965]; Mr. John A. and Mrs. Audrey Jones Beck, Houston, 1965–1974; given by Mrs. Audrey Jones Beck to MFAH, 1974.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: Paris, Hôtel de la Revue, "Exposition de l'Art Moderne à L'Hôtel de la Revue", 1912.

Exhibited: New York, M. Knoedler and Co., "Great Paintings from the Ambroise Vollard Collection," 1933, no. 2.

Exhibited: "Faces of Impressionism," Organized by the Baltimore Museum of Art. At the Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, October 10, 1999 - January 3, 2000; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 25 - May 7, 2000, and the Cleveland Museum of Art, May 28 - July 30, 2000 (LN:99.4). Exhibited at the Houston venue only. Exhibition catalogue.

Exhibited: "American Painters in the Age of Impressionism", The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas. December 4, 1994 - March 26, 1995. Exhibition catalogue published, MFAH.



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