Mlle Luguet in a Coat and Hat (Primary Title)
Mary Cassatt, American, 1844 - 1926 (Artist)
Painter and printmaker Mary Cassatt is best known as the only American artist invited to exhibit with the French impressionists. After her friend and mentor Edgar Degas guided her first efforts as a printmaker in the late 1870s, she became proficient in both etching and drypoint, pulling black-and-white prints on her own press. She also experimented with less- conventional methods, including rare forays into softground etching. For Mademoiselle Luguet in a Coat and Hat—an image of a friend’s young daughter—she manipulated the medium skill- fully to achieve a rich tonal effect
Unsigned
The Maxine Hornung Collection, Gift of Frank Raysor
A Celebration of Print: 500 Years of Graphic Art from the Frank Raysor Collection, VMFA, 29 January - 22 May 2011
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