In the Omnibus
1890–91
- Medium
- color drypoint and aquatint
- Dimensions
- 36.6 × 26.8 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-192013
This print belongs to a series of color etchings created by Mary Cassatt between 1890 and 1891. Each was influenced by the artist's study of Japanese woodblock prints, especially in their use of flat planes of color and domestic subject matter. In the scene depicted here, a middle-class woman accompanies her nursemaid and child on errands throughout Paris. The group rides in an omnibus, a form of public transportation where different genders and classes could intermingle. While the nanny's attention stays focused on her young charge, the female subject appears distracted, gazing toward the wo…
Provenance
Brooks, 1941.71
Registry history
- 1890–91 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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