Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Paintings Gallery
Hanna Jr., 1947.459 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Edgar Degas

Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Paintings Gallery

1879–80

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
etching, softground etching, aquatint, and drypoint
Dimensions
36.3 × 26.6 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-206342

Degas and his friends Mary Cassatt and Camille Pissarro were all experimental printmakers who combined traditional printmaking techniques to create a black and white equivalent for the tonality and varied textures of paintings. They were all so involved in printmaking that in 1879–80 they planned to publish a journal, Le Jour et la nuit (Day and Night), that would contain original etchings. As a printmaker, Degas was ambivalent about when a plate was considered finished. What attracted him to printmaking was the variability. He thoroughly enjoyed reworking, retouching, and transforming plates…

Provenance

Hanna Jr., 1947.459

Registry history

  • 1879–80 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints

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