Margot in a High Bonnet and a Tiered Cape

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Artist Mary Cassatt (American, active France, 1844–1926)American, active France, 1844–1926

CultureAmerican

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Margot in a High Bonnet and a Tiered Cape

MediumPastel on paper

DimensionsSheet (at open): 21 7/8 × 17 in. (55.6 × 43.2 cm)
Frame: 32 × 26 3/4 × 3 1/4 in. (81.3 × 67.9 × 8.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Dorothy Smith

Object number2025.789

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Prints and Drawings

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

Provenance[Ambroise Vollard (1866-1939), Paris, possibly by 1912/13-1939]; inherited by Madeleine de Galéa (1874-1956), 1939-1956; inherited by Robert de Galéa (1894-1961), son of Ambroise Vollard and Madeleine de Galéa. 1956-1961; inherited by Christian de Galéa (1917-2016), Paris, son of the above, by 1961; [Jacques Rotil, Paris], thence by descent, ; [Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1982-1983]; purchased by Allied Bank of Texas, Houston, 1983-1987; transferred to First Interstate Bank of Texas when it acquired Allied Bank of Texas, 1987-1997; transferred to Wells Fargo Bank when it acquired First Interstate Bank of Texas, 1997-1998; Purchased, from the above, by Gerald and Dorothy Smith, Houston, May 8, 1998-2025; Given to the MFAH, 2025.
Exhibition HistoryLines of Different Character: American Art from 1727 to 1947. New York: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 1982, Cat. 59 illus. (color),
- November 13, 1982 – January 8, 1983

Six femmes-peintres: Berthe Morisot, Eva Gonzalès, Mary Cassatt, Suzanne Valadon, Marie Laurencin, Nathalia Gontcharova. Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun, 1983, p. 76, Cat. 59, illus. (color), p. 173 illus. (bw)
- Aichi Prefectural Museum Of Art, Nagoya (March 29 – April 14, 1983)
- Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo (April 21 – May 16, 1983)
- Takashimaya Art Gallery, Osaka (May 19 – May 31, 1983)
- Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Utsunomiya (June 5 – July 3, 1983)
- Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art, Kumamoto (July 14 – August 14, 1983)
Published References none known at this time. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Signed in graphite, center right edge: M.C.
Verso: [none]

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