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Mary Cassatt began using pastel in the 1870s and continued to experiment with the medium throughout her career. This drawing depicts a mother and child, one of the artist's preferred subjects. Cassatt typically used the technique seen here, in which she finished her sitters' faces with a high degree of detail but rendered the rest of the composition in a much looser and sketchier style.
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101646
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After the Bath
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101646
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drawing
title
After the Bath
description
Mary Cassatt began using pastel in the 1870s and continued to experiment with the medium throughout her career. This drawing depicts a mother and child, one of the artist's preferred subjects. Cassatt typically used the technique seen here, in which she finished her sitters' faces with a high degree of detail but rendered the rest of the composition in a much looser and sketchier style.
date
1901
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60781135
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3995
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Drawing
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1
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dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 66 x 100 cm (26 x 39 3/8 in.)
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America, late 18th-19th Century
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1920.379
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pastel
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After the Bath, 1901. Mary Cassatt (American, 1844–1926). Pastel; sheet: 66 x 100 cm (26 x 39 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1920.379
collection
DR - American 19th Century
didYouKnow
Mary Cassatt once commented that pastel was "the most satisfactory medium for [portraying] children," since they could not sit still for long and the medium allowed for rapid sketching.
citations
citation
W. M. M. "La Sortie Du Bain by Mary Cassatt." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 7, no. 10 (1920): 147-49. <strong><br></strong>
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Reproduced: Front Matter; Mentioned: pp. 147-149
citation
"Art Awakening Grows in Unexpected Ways." <em>Cleveland Commercial</em> (May 5, 1922).
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Mentioned: n.p.
citation
<em>An Appreciation of Mary Cassatt's "La Sortie du Bain" in the Wade Collection</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1922.
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Mentioned and reproduced: n.p.
citation
Whiting, Frederic Allen. "The Cleveland Museum of Art: Twelve Illustrations." <em>Art and Archaeology</em> 16, no. 4-5 (October-November 1923): 187-94.
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Reproduced: p. 192
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<em>Arts and Decoration</em> 20, no. 4 (February 1924).
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Reproduced: cover illustration
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"Famous Pastel is Owned by Museum." <em>Cleveland Times</em> (February 1, 1925).
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: n.p.
citation
W. M. M., T. S., R. H., and F. A. W. "In Memoriam: Jeptha Homer Wade." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 13, no. 4 (1926): 63-91.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 65; Reproduced: p. 77
url
www.jstor.org/stable/25136919
citation
Kane, Katherine Regan. "Mother and Child: Favorite Theme in the Art of Every Country." <em>American Home</em> 17, no. 1 (December 1936): 15-17, 68, 81-84.
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Mentioned: p. 84; Reproduced: p. 15
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Catalogue of an Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 until Today at the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland]: [Printed by the Artcraft Printing Co.], 1937.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 15, no. 26
citation
Kelly, Grace V. "In Museum's Show of U.S. Art." <em>Cleveland Plain Dealer</em> (July 2, 1937).
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Mentioned and reproduced: n.p.
citation
Jewell, Edward Alden and Aimée Crane. <em>French Impressionists and their Contemporaries Represented in American Collections</em>. New York: Hyperion Press, 1944.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 131
citation
Breuning, Margaret. <em>Mary Cassatt</em>. New York: Hyperion Press, 1944.
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Reproduced: p. 23
citation
Hartlaub, Gustav Friedrich. <em>Impressionists in France</em>. Milan: Uffici Press, 1950.
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Reproduced: p. 40
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Sweet, Frederick A. <em>Sargent, Whistler, and Mary Cassatt.</em> Chicago, IL: Art Institute of Chicago, 1954.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced p. 34, no. 26
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 546
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
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Reproduced: p. 188
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Sweet, Frederick A. <em>Miss Mary Cassatt, Impressionist from Pennsylvania. </em>Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1966.
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Mentioned: p. 140; Reproduced: pl. VIII
citation
Neilson, Winthrop and Frances Fullerton Neilson. <em>Seven Women: Great Painters</em>. Philadelphia: Chilton Book Co, 1968.
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Mentioned: p. 167
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 188
citation
Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme. <em>Mary Cassatt: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Oils, Watercolors, and Drawings</em>. Washington, DC: Smithsonian, 1970.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: no. 384
citation
Bullard, E. John. <em>Mary Cassatt: Oils and Pastels</em>. New York: Watson-Guptill, 1972.
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Mentioned: p. 68; Reproduced: p. 69, pl. 24
citation
Cullinan, Helen. "Brotherly Love for Sisters' Work." <em>Cleveland Plain Dealer</em> (June 9, 1974).
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Mentioned and reproduced: n.p.
citation
Henkes, Robert. <em>Eight American Women Painters</em>. New York: Gordon Press, 1977.
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Reproduced: fig. 10
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 234
citation
Yaegashi, Haruki and Takeshi Kashiwat. <em>Kasatto/Cassatt</em>. Tōkyō: Senshukai, 1978.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: no. 26
citation
Love, Richard H. <em>Cassatt: The Independent</em>. Chicago: Milton H. Kreines, 1980.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 122; Reproduced: ill. 38
citation
Mathews, Nancy Mowll. <em>Mary Cassatt</em>. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1987.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 124-5; Reproduced: p. 127
citation
Craze, Sophia. <em>Mary Cassatt</em>. New York: Crescent Books, 1990.
page_number
Reproduced: pp. 102-3
citation
Costantino, Maria. <em>Mary Cassatt</em>. New York: Brompton, 1995.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 104
citation
Mathews, Nancy Mowll. <em>Cassatt: A Retrospective</em>. New York: H.L. Levin Associates, 1996.
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Reproduced: pp. 276-77, pl. 93
citation
Pollock, Griselda. <em>Mary Cassatt: Painter of Modern Women</em>. London: Thames & Hudson, 1998.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 23
citation
Nochlin, Linda. <em>Representing Women</em>. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1999.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 265; Reproduced: fig. 114
citation
DeGrazia, Diane, and Carter E. Foster. <em>Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 1; Reproduced: p. 2
citation
Pollock, Griselda. <em>Mary Cassatt</em>. London: Chaucer, 2005.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 232, no. 79
citation
Robinson, William H. <em>Monet to Dalí: Impressionist and Modern Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
citation
Lemonedes, Heather, "Unparalleled Color", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 47 no. 10, December 2007
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Mentioned & reproduced: p. 5
citation
Lemonedes, Heather. "The Feminine Ideal." <em>Cleveland Art</em> (September/October 2012): 4-6.
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Reproduced: p. 5
citation
Lemonedes, Heather. "The Feminine Ideal." <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 52, no. 5 (September/October 2012): 4-6.
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Mentioned and reproduced: p. 4-5
citation
Exhibitions.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 57, no. 1 (January/February 2017): 4.
page_number
Reproduced: P. 4
catalogueRaisonne
Breeskin 384
creditline
Gift of J. H. Wade
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2026-05-29 05:29:41.621000
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