Mary Cassatt
Afternoon Promenade

ArtistAmerican,1844–1926, active France
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Afternoon Promenade
Date1881
MediumSoft ground etching with aquatint on laid paper, state II/II
DimensionsPlate: 10 7/8 × 8 1/2 in. (27.6 × 21.6 cm)
Sheet: 17 1/16 × 11 3/4 in. (43.3 × 29.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Craig Calvert
Object number2021.602
Not on view

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ProvenanceEdgar Degas (1834-1917) (Lugt 657) [1]; [probably Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Catalogue des estampes anciennes et modernes…faisant partie de la collection Edgar Degas, November 15-16, 1918, lot 55] [2]; [sold to Paris, Durand-Ruel Gallery for 105 f.]; Robert Hartshorne (1866-1927), New York (Lugt 2215b) [3]; thence by descent, to his son, Richard Hartshorne; [Christies, New York, A Mary Cassatt Collection: Prints and Drawings from the Descendants of Robert Hartshorne, 30 October 2007, lot 19]; [Harris Schrank and C.G. Boerner, New York, 2007-2012]; purchased by Craig Calvert, 2012; Craig Calvert collection, Houston, 2012-2021; given to the MFAH, 2021.

[1] Degas had an extensive collection of works by him and his contemporaries in his estate. In the two years after his death, eight auctions occurred, reaching to the highest sum ever made by an artist’s studio.

[2] Blindstamp reads “Atelier Ed. Degas”

[3] Robert Hartshorne primarily collected prints under the guidance of EG Kennedy. Much of his collection was sold by his son Richard Hartshorne in 1945. Other significant portions were sold through Parke-Bernet in 1946 and through Christie’s in 2007.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below plate, left bottom: E1252.; EX78-
Recto: Signed in graphite, below plate, right bottom edge: MC [cursive]; /4
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, left bottom edge: 34
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, right bottom edge: 53
Recto: Signed in graphite, below plate, right bottom edge: MC [cursive]
Verso: [none]
Watermarked: ARCHES
Verso: Stamped in black ink, bottom left corner: RH [Collection of Robert Hartshorne]
Verso: Stamped in red ink, bottom right corner: Atelier Edgar Degas [stamp from the Estate of Edgar Degas]
Catalogue raisonnéBreeskin, Adelyn Dohme. Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Graphic Work. Second edition, Revised. (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979), p. 47, 92, Cat. 33, state II/II.

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