Young Mother Sewing (Mary Cassatt)
Young Mother Sewing | |
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Little Girl Leaning on her Mother's Knee | |
Artist | Mary Cassatt |
Year | 1900 |
Medium | oil paint, canvas |
Dimensions | 92.4 cm (36.4 in) × 73.7 cm (29.0 in) |
Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Accession No. | 29.100.48 |
Identifiers | The Met object ID: 10425 |
Young Mother Sewing aka Little Girl Leaning on her Mother's Knee is a 1900 painting by the American artist Mary Cassatt. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[1]
Early history and creation
Mary Cassatt created the oil painting in 1900. It was purchased in Paris from
Later history and display
The painting was bequeathed to the Metropolitan Museum in 1929, as part of the H.O. Havemeyer Collection.
Description and interpretation
The work depicts a mother engaged in the act of sewing while seated in front of a window. A young child in a white dress leans on her mother's lap while gazing out of the picture plane toward the viewer. The woman wears a striped dress covered by a green apron that mirrors the greens in the grass outside the window. According to the Metropolitan Museum, the artist used two unrelated models as the mother and child.[7][8]
See also
References
- ^ "Young Mother Sewing". Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- ISBN 9781135084400. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-135-08440-0.
- ^ "Collection Records: Young Mother Sewing". Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- ISBN 9780870994395. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ Mary Cassatt 1844 - 1926 (PDF). Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art. 1970. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "THE MET Heilbronn TimeLine of Art History: Young Mother Sewing". Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- ISBN 9780870994722. Retrieved 4 June 2017.