The Fitting
American Art
An exhibition of more than seven hundred ukiyo-e prints in Paris in 1890 inspired the expatriate Impressionist Mary Cassatt to experiment with color printing, resulting in her most formally daring and technically ambitious works. In the manner of Japanese print series, she conceived of a set of ten images, including this and In the Omnibus, depicting the daily activities of a typical middle-class woman. While Cassatt emulated the Japanese style—evident in the flattened forms, unmodulated planes of color, and strong decorative outlines—her technique was a highly inventive combination of printing processes that garnered critical admiration in Europe and America.
PUBLISHER
Durand-Ruel, Paris
MEDIUM
Drypoint and aquatint etching on off-white, moderately thick, moderately textured laid paper
DATES
1890–1891
DIMENSIONS
Sheet: 17 1/4 x 12 in. (43.8 x 30.5 cm)
Image: 14 13/16 x 10 1/8 in. (37.6 x 25.7 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Watermark: "S"
SIGNATURE
Monogram "MC" in center along bottom edge of print.
INSCRIPTIONS
Inscriptions in pencil in lower right corner of sheet: "[illegible ... Levy?]" and "50"
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
39.108
CREDIT LINE
Dick S. Ramsay Fund
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Mary Cassatt (American, 1844–1926). The Fitting, 1890–1891. Drypoint and aquatint etching on off-white, moderately thick, moderately textured laid paper, Sheet: 17 1/4 x 12 in. (43.8 x 30.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 39.108 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 39.108_SL1.jpg)
STATE
6th state
IMAGE
overall, 39.108_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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